How to store convert date time in int?
.net, c#, datetime, type-conversion, winforms
Solution
Just use `DateTime.Ticks` instead - there's absolutely no reason to start converting to and from strings here.
long ticks = DateTime.Today.Ticks;
// Later in the code when you need a DateTime again
DateTime dateTime = new DateTime(ticks);
Note that this will use the local date - if you're trying to retain a global timestamp, you should use `DateTime.UtcNow` instead of `DateTime.Today`.
If you really need `int` instead of `long`, you probably ought to translate and scale, e.g. to seconds since the Unix epoch.
Problem
I need to store DateTime in int. So I tried below codes ``` Int64 n = Int64.Parse(DateTime.Today.ToString("dd-MM-yyyy")); ``` or ``` Int64 twoday_date=Convert.ToInt64(System.DateTime.Today.ToString("dd-MM-yyyy")); ``` but its showing error: Input string was not in a correct format. Where is the error?