Timestamp is just a regular class - so you need to create a new instance
before setting properties, e.g.
// Don't actually use this - see below.
test._timeStamp = new Timestamp
{
Seconds = DateTime.Now.Second,
Nanos = DateTime.Now.Second * 100
};
However, there are various things wrong with this:
- That will only give you a Seconds value in the range 0-59
- You're evaluating DateTime.Now twice, so you could get different values
- You're using DateTime.Now which is a *local* time; Timestamp is for
global timestamps
Fortunately, there's a factory method to make all of this easy:
test._timeStamp = Timestamp.FromDateTime(DateTime.UtcNow);
On Friday, 9 September 2016 22:47:24 UTC+1, Uzair Saeed wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have successfully compiled my .proto file with google.proto.Timestamp
> and generated the .cs file with protoc. The only problem i am having is
> initialization in my c# code.
>
> I have tried the following ,
>
> *.proto File*
>
> message teststamp{
>
> string Name = 1 ;
> string address = 2;
> google.protobuf.Timestamp _timeStamp = 3;
> }
>
>
> *C# File*
>
> teststamp test = new teststamp();
>
> test.Name = "Test";
> test.address = "Test_Test_TEST"
> //Example 2 : POSIX
> test._timeStamp.Seconds = DateTime.Now.Second;
> test._timeStamp.Nanos = DateTime.Now.Second*1000 ;
>
>
> The above is compiling without errors but giving me this error "Object
> reference not set to an instance of an object" .I have tried few other
> approaches but due to less help it is unable to fix the error.
>
> Please help me out in this issue
>
> Thanks
>
>
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