Convert Datetime Received in JSON to a .Net DateTime

Some times when you receive a date time from a JSON string it is in UNIX Epoch format.  The date time will come over as a number which is the number of milliseconds since Jan 1, 1970.  To convert it to a .net DateTime create a DateTime for Jan 1, 1970 and add the milliseconds to get the actual time sent over.

      var offset = 1380234600000;  
              
      // First make a System.DateTime equivalent to the UNIX Epoch.              
              
      System.DateTime dateTime =     new   System.DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0);
              
      // Add the number of seconds in UNIX timestamp to be converted.              
              
      dateTime = dateTime.AddMilliseconds(offset).ToLocalTime() ;  

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