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DateTime Constructor (Int64, DateTimeKind)
Visual Studio 2010
Initializes a new instance of the DateTime structure to a specified number of ticks and to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or local time.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Parameters
- ticks
- Type: System::Int64
A date and time expressed in the number of 100-nanosecond intervals that have elapsed since January 1, 0001 at 00:00:00.000 in the Gregorian calendar.
- kind
- Type: System::DateTimeKind
One of the enumeration values that indicates whether ticks specifies a local time, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), or neither.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ArgumentOutOfRangeException | ticks is less than DateTime::MinValue or greater than DateTime::MaxValue. |
| ArgumentException | kind is not one of the DateTimeKind values. |
For applications in which portability of date and time data or a limited degree of time zone awareness is important, you can use the corresponding DateTimeOffset constructor.
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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