You should either use Joda Time if you're still using Java 7 or earlier (in which case you should also be looking to move to Java 8), or the java.time package if you're using Java 8. In both cases, you want the LocalDate class, which is... more 10/6/2015 9:21:50 PM

Is there a way to read this date format without having to add the 0? Adding a 0 is the least of your worries, IMO. That takes one line of code. Assuming you've got a copy of the database or something you can alter, effectively, I... more 10/6/2015 9:17:11 PM

D Stanley's answer certainly works, but is slightly more complex than you need - if you want a DateTime as the result, you don't need to use DateTimeOffset at all, as DateTime.ParseExact handles DateTimeStyles.AssumeUniversal as well,... more 10/6/2015 7:49:47 PM

Well if you catch an exception, that would probably be because GetResponse failed, right? So you wouldn't have assigned anything to httpRes yet... It seems to me that you should be catching WebException, at which point you can look at... more 10/6/2015 6:54:12 PM

I believe this is effectively a result of the rules for class initialization in JLS 12.4.2. That involves synchronizing on a lock, only releasing it after executing the static initializers and field initializers. That lock acquisition and... more 10/6/2015 6:32:31 PM

The problem is here: public class c_abstract_button_widget: c_basic_object { public c_basic_object(string p_name) : base(p_name) { //Console.WriteLine("Inside c_abstract_button_widget "); } } To declare a... more 10/6/2015 5:50:17 PM

Both System.currentTimeMillis() and Instant.toEpochMilli() return the number of milliseconds since the Unix epoch. That isn't "in" any particular time zone, although the Unix epoch is normally expressed as "midnight on January 1st 1970,... more 10/6/2015 4:55:51 PM

how does the compiler know which method to call? It follows the overload resolution rules listed in the C# language specification. In particular, in section 7.5.3.2 (looking at the C# 4 spec, but I believe C# 5 has the same numbering... more 10/6/2015 3:11:00 PM

It should be translated to 1444109725 Well, I suspect it should actually be translated to 1444109725760, which is what the bytes represent when read as a big-endian 64-bit integer. You then treat that as milliseconds since the Unix... more 10/6/2015 11:13:08 AM

You don't need multiplication in this case - just addition, specifying the units: DateTimeOffset startDate = DateTimeOffset.Now; DateTimeOffset expiryDate = startDate.AddMonths(months); Two things to note: Date and time arithmetic can... more 10/6/2015 6:11:48 AM