How can I convert ticks to a date format?

Question

I am converting a ticks value to a date like this:

Convert(datetime, (MachineGroups.TimeAdded - 599266080000000000)/864000000000);

Using th

Answer 1

It's much simpler to do this:

DateTime dt = new DateTime(633896886277130000);

Which gives

dt.ToString() ==> "9/27/2009 10:50:27 PM"

You can format this any way you want by using dt.ToString(MyFormat). Refer to this reference for format strings. "MMMM dd, yyyy" works for what you specified in the question.

Not sure where you get October 1.