c# - How can I convert a DateTime to an int?

Question

I have the following DateTime 4/25/2011 5:12:13 PM and tried this to convert it to int

 int result = dateDate.Year * 10000 + dateDate.Month * 100 
             + dateDate.Day + dateDate.Hour + dateDate.Minute + dateDate.Second;

But it still getting 2011425 how can i get the time as well?

Answer 1

dateDate.Ticks

should give you what you're looking for.

The value of this property represents the number of 100-nanosecond intervals that have elapsed since 12:00:00 midnight, January 1, 0001, which represents DateTime.MinValue. It does not include the number of ticks that are attributable to leap seconds.

DateTime.Ticks

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If you're really looking for the Linux Epoch time (seconds since Jan 1, 1970), the accepted answer for this question should be relevant.

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But if you're actually trying to "compress" a string representation of the date into an int, you should ask yourself why aren't you just storing it as a string to begin with. If you still want to do it after that, Stecya's answer is the right one. Keep in mind it won't fit into an int, you'll have to use a long.