DateTimeOffset.GetHashCode() Method in C#


The DateTimeOffset.GetHashCode method in C# is used to return the hash code for the current DateTimeOffset object. This method returns a 32-bit signed integer hash code.

Syntax

Following is the syntax −

public override int GetHashCode ();

Example

Let us now see an example to implement the DateTimeOffset.GetHashCode() method −

using System;
public class Demo {
   public static void Main() {
      DateTimeOffset dateTimeOffset1 = new DateTimeOffset(2019, 09, 10, 6, 20, 10, new TimeSpan(-5, 0, 0));
      DateTimeOffset dateTimeOffset2 = new DateTimeOffset(2019, 11, 12, 8, 20, 10, new TimeSpan(-5, 0, 0));
      Console.WriteLine("DateTimeOffset1 = {0}", dateTimeOffset1);
      int hash1 = dateTimeOffset1.GetHashCode();
      Console.WriteLine("DateTimeOffset1 HashCode = {0}", hash1);
      int hash2 = dateTimeOffset2.GetHashCode();
      Console.WriteLine("DateTimeOffset2 HashCode = {0}", hash2);
      Console.WriteLine("DateTimeOffset2 = {0}", dateTimeOffset2);
      int res = DateTimeOffset.Compare(dateTimeOffset1, dateTimeOffset2);
      // returns <0 since DateTimeOffset1 is earlier than DateTimeOffset2 Console.WriteLine(res);
   }
}

Output

This will produce the following output −

DateTimeOffset1 = 9/10/2019 6:20:10 AM -05:00
DateTimeOffset1 HashCode = -543087392
DateTimeOffset2 HashCode = 64112243
DateTimeOffset2 = 11/12/2019 8:20:10 AM -05:00
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Example

Let us now see another example to implement the DateTimeOffset.GetHashCode() method −

using System;
public class Demo {
   public static void Main() {
      DateTimeOffset dateTimeOffset1 = new DateTimeOffset(2019, 11, 10, 6, 20, 10, new TimeSpan(-5, 0, 0));
      Console.WriteLine("DateTimeOffset = {0}", dateTimeOffset1);
      int hash = dateTimeOffset1.GetHashCode();
      Console.WriteLine("DateTimeOffset HashCode = {0}", hash);
   }
}

Output

This will produce the following output −

DateTimeOffset = 11/10/2019 6:20:10 AM -05:00
DateTimeOffset HashCode = -92293937

Updated on: 12-Nov-2019

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