Need to make C# timestamp, but documentation is in Ruby

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I write a small program using the Vircurex API for trading e-currencies. Their documentation is using Ruby code examples and I am unsure of what the equivalent is in C#. For anyone interested, their documentation is listed here:

https://vircurex.com/welcome/api

My problem is creating the timestamp. They say it is "a UTC timestamp, must be within 5 minutes of the current time". Their example in Ruby is:

t = Time.now.gmtime.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")

I can't figure out the right way to format it in C# because I am unsure of what exactly the Ruby method will return. I guess it is something like this (don't know the ???):

"2012-11-10???18:16:12"

but can someone give an example of the ruby call? I need to format the DateTime.Now-call to be in the same format.

Have a look at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/114983/given-a-datetime-object-how-do-i-get-a-iso-8601-date-in-string-format to get an .NET/C# solution — MartinStettner, Dec 29 '13 at 17:55
you can then use `irb` (or `pry`) to simulate the such kind of issues. Just run it from console, and enter the line you've specified — Малъ Скрылевъ, Dec 29 '13 at 18:02

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 29 '13 at 17:50

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It returns "2013-12-29T17:48:17" which is a format specified by ISO8601 standard

answered Dec 29 '13 at 17:50

Bart

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Excellent. I found a Ruby example, but it wasn't quite similar. The %dT confused me. – Kasper Hansen Dec 29 '13 at 17:51

Need to make C# timestamp, but documentation is in Ruby

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