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How to convert millisecond to UTC dateTime C#


I am trying to covert millisecond to UTC dateTime. I have managed to convert millisecond to local DateTime but not able to convert local dateTime to utc dateTime. When I use DateTimeOffset, I am getting one hour behind so I believe this is local DateTime?

I am unable to convert local time to UTC DateTime

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Test Class

[Fact]
    public void DateTimeCalculation_MustTakeDateTimeParameter_InMilliSecond()
    {
        //Arrange
        long startDateTimeUtc = 1626987600000; //2021-07-22 22:00:00

        //Act
        DateTimeOffset calculatedTimeOffset = DateTimeCalculationHelper.DateTimeCalculation(startDateTimeUtc);
        var utcDateTime = calculatedTimeOffset.UtcDateTime.ToString(); //not working

        var t1 = calculatedTimeOffset.ToUniversalTime(); //not working

        //Assert
        string actual = calculatedTimeOffset.ToString();
        string expected = "22/07/2021 10:00:00 PM +00:00";
        Assert.Equal(expected, actual);
    }

Static class to convert DateTime to millisecond

public static class DateTimeCalculationHelper
{
    public static DateTimeOffset DateTimeCalculation(long milSec)
    {
        DateTimeOffset epochTime = new DateTimeOffset(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, TimeSpan.Zero);
        return epochTime.AddMilliseconds(milSec);
    }
}

Solution

  •    var longDate = new DateTime(132713856000000000);//{7/22/0421 12:00:00 AM}
                var dateNow = new DateTime(2021 , 07 ,22);//{7/22/2021 12:00:00 AM}
                var dateNowUTC = dateNow.ToFileTimeUtc();//132713856000000000
                 var  utcDate = DateTime.SpecifyKind(dateNow, DateTimeKind.Utc).ToString("U");//"Thursday, July 22, 2021 12:00:00 AM"