Transfer DateTime to .NET WebAPI

Question

I would like simply get Android current time and pass to .NET WebAPI. That is it. But there are many approaches...

I tried this one

Android side

String TimeOfRequest =  Long.toString(new Date().getTime());

.NET side

var epoch = new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
t = epoch.AddMilliseconds(Convert.ToInt64(locationItem.TimeOfRequest));

But it gives this result

0001-01-02 18:01:34.0366112

Please suggest about simplest approach to do it.

Answer 1

Try this:

private String formatDate(long milliseconds) /* This is your topStory.getTime()*1000 */ {
    DateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy' 'HH:mm:ss");
    sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
    Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
    calendar.setTimeInMillis(milliseconds);
    TimeZone tz = TimeZone.getDefault();
    sdf.setTimeZone(tz);
    return sdf.format(calendar.getTime());
}