#region CmdMessenger - MIT - (c) 2013 Thijs Elenbaas. /* CmdMessenger - library that provides command based messaging Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. Copyright 2013 - Thijs Elenbaas */ #endregion using System; namespace CommandMessenger { /// <summary>Class to get a timestamp </summary> public static class TimeUtils { static public DateTime Jan1St1970 = new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc); // 1 January 1970 /// <summary> Gets the milliseconds since 1 Jan 1970. </summary> /// <value> The milliseconds since 1 Jan 1970. </value> public static long Millis { get { return (long)((DateTime.Now.ToUniversalTime() - Jan1St1970).TotalMilliseconds); } } /// <summary> Gets the seconds since 1 Jan 1970. </summary> /// <value> The seconds since 1 Jan 1970. </value> public static long Seconds { get { return (long)((DateTime.Now.ToUniversalTime() - Jan1St1970).TotalSeconds); } } // Returns if it has been more than interval (in ms) ago. Used for periodic actions public static bool HasExpired(ref long prevTime, long interval) { var millis = Millis; if (millis - prevTime > interval) { prevTime = millis; return true; } return false; } } }