C# .NET equivalent to PHP time()

Question

I am working with C# .NET and PHP and need some standard way of recording time between the two. I want to use seconds since 1970 = <?php echo time(); ?> because I'm already using some of php's cool functions like: date() & strtotime() in my project. Is there something in .net that is equivalent to PHP time()?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

(int)(DateTime.UtcNow - new DateTime(1970, 1, 1)).TotalSeconds

Answer 2

It's not clear why you need an equivalent for PHP time(), but you can do:

var secondsSinceUnixEpoch = DateTime.UtcNow
                                    .Subtract(new DateTime(1970, 1, 1))
                                    .TotalSeconds;

// If needed.
var roundedSeconds = (int) secondsSinceUnixEpoch;