This method is used to serializes the current DateTime object to a 64-bit binary value that subsequently can be used to recreate the DateTime object.
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Syntax: public long ToBinary (); Return Value: This method returns a 64-bit signed integer that encodes the Kind and Ticks properties.Below programs illustrate the use of DateTime.ToBinary() Method Example 1:
// C# program to demonstrate the
// DateTime.ToBinary()
// Method
using System;
using System.Globalization;
class GFG {
// Main Method
public static void Main()
{
// creating object of DateTime
DateTime date = new DateTime(2011, 1,
1, 4, 0, 15);
// Serializes the current DateTime
// object to a 64-bit binary value
// using ToBinary() method;
long value = date.ToBinary();
// Display the value
Console.WriteLine("64-bit binary value : {0}",
value);
}
}
Output:
Example 2:
64-bit binary value : 634294512150000000
// C# program to demonstrate the
// DateTime.ToBinary()
// Method
using System;
class GFG {
// Main Method
public static void Main()
{
// calling check() method
check(new DateTime(2010, 1,
3, 4, 0, 15));
check(new DateTime(2010, 1,
5, 4, 0, 15));
}
public static void check(DateTime date)
{
// Serializes the current DateTime
// object to a 64-bit binary value
// using ToBinary() method;
long value = date.ToBinary();
// Display the value
Console.WriteLine("64-bit binary value"+
" of {0} is {1}", date, value);
}
}
Output:
Reference:
64-bit binary value of 01/03/2010 04:00:15 is 633980880150000000 64-bit binary value of 01/05/2010 04:00:15 is 633982608150000000