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*NIX Epoch integer converter for DateTime
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using System; | |
using Newtonsoft.Json; | |
using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters; | |
public class UnixDateTimeConverter : DateTimeConverterBase | |
{ | |
/// <summary> | |
/// Reads the JSON representation of the object. | |
/// </summary> | |
/// <param name="reader">The <see cref="JsonReader"/> to read from.</param> | |
/// <param name="objectType">Type of the object.</param> | |
/// <param name="existingValue">The existing property value of the JSON that is being converted.</param> | |
/// <param name="serializer">The calling serializer.</param> | |
/// <returns>The object value.</returns> | |
public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object existingValue, JsonSerializer serializer) | |
{ | |
if (reader.TokenType != JsonToken.Integer) | |
throw new Exception(string.Format("Unexpected token parsing date. Expected Integer, got {0}.", reader.TokenType)); | |
var unixTime = (long)reader.Value; | |
var epoch = new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc).AddSeconds(unixTime); | |
return epoch; | |
} | |
/// <summary> | |
/// Writes the JSON representation of the object. | |
/// </summary> | |
/// <param name="writer">The <see cref="JsonWriter"/> to write to.</param> | |
/// <param name="value">The value.</param> | |
/// <param name="serializer">The calling serializer.</param> | |
public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, object value, JsonSerializer serializer) | |
{ | |
var epoch = new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0); | |
var dateTime = ((DateTime)value).ToUniversalTime().Subtract(epoch); | |
var unixTime = (long)Math.Floor(dateTime.TotalSeconds); | |
writer.WriteValue(unixTime); | |
} | |
} |
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