How can I convert a DateTime to the number of seconds since 1970?

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That’s basically it. These are the methods I use to convert to and from Unix epoch time:

public static DateTime ConvertFromUnixTimestamp(double timestamp)
{
    DateTime origin = new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
    return origin.AddSeconds(timestamp);
}

public static double ConvertToUnixTimestamp(DateTime date)
{
    DateTime origin = new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
    TimeSpan diff = date.ToUniversalTime() - origin;
    return Math.Floor(diff.TotalSeconds);
}

Update: As of .Net Core 2.1 and .Net Standard 2.1 a DateTime equal to the Unix Epoch can be obtained from the static DateTime.UnixEpoch.

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