Generate Google Protobuf TimeStamp from .Net System.DateTime

Question

How to convert .Net System.DateTime to google Protobuf TimeStamp when forming a protobuf message?

Answer 1

Use protobuf's Timestamp.FromDateTime. Following is the example of converting DateTime.Now to proto timestamp type.

Google.Protobuf.WellKnownTypes.Timestamp protoTimestamp 
    = Google.Protobuf.WellKnownTypes.Timestamp.FromDateTime(DateTime.Now);

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Answer 2

Timestamp only works with UTC. So you may do this:

Timestamp.FromDateTime(DateTime.SpecifyKind(DateTime.Now, DateTimeKind.Utc)));