//// MSDN code
        ////DateTime centuryBegin = new DateTime(2001, 1, 1);
        ////DateTime currentDate = DateTime.Now;

        ////long elapsedTicks = currentDate.Ticks - centuryBegin.Ticks;
        ////TimeSpan elapsedSpan = new TimeSpan(elapsedTicks);



        protected override void OnCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
        {
            base.OnCreate(savedInstanceState);
            SetContentView(Resource.Layout.PersonalAlarms_OldVersion);

            // wire up controls for Set Alarm via seconds
            timeTxt = FindViewById<EditText>(Resource.Id.timeTxt);
            startBtn = FindViewById<Button>(Resource.Id.startBtn);
            txtOffSetTime = FindViewById<TextView>(Resource.Id.txtOffSetTime);
            startBtn.Click += StartBtn_Click;

            // wire up controls for set alarms by time
            btnSetTime = FindViewById<Button>(Resource.Id.btnSetTime);
            btnSetDate = FindViewById<Button>(Resource.Id.btnSetDate);
            txtDate = FindViewById<TextView>(Resource.Id.txtDate);
            txtTime = FindViewById<TextView>(Resource.Id.txtTime);
            btnSetPersonalAlert = FindViewById<Button>(Resource.Id.btnSetPersonalAlert);

            btnSetPersonalAlert.Click += BtnSetPersonalAlert_Click;
            btnSetTime.Click += BtnSetTime_Click;
            btnSetDate.Click += BtnSetDate_Click;

            if (myResultNewsObject != null)
            {
                Toast.MakeText(this, "PERSONAL ALARMS\n" + myResultNewsObject.ToString(), ToastLength.Long).Show();
            }
        }
        protected override void OnCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
        {
            base.OnCreate(savedInstanceState);

            // Create your application here
            SetContentView(Resource.Layout.NewsObject_CustomeAdapter_Test_Layout);

            //Toast.MakeText(this, "Hello and welcome to TestActivity!\n" + myResultStringMain, ToastLength.Long).Show();
            if (myResultNewsObject != null)
            {
                Toast.MakeText(this, "Hello and welcome to Gord TestActivity!\n" + myResultNewsObject.ToString(), ToastLength.Long).Show();
            }


            DisplayListOBJECT = DataAccessHelpers.GetAllNewsObjectDataFromDatabase();



            var newsObjectListView = FindViewById <ListView>(Resource.Id.listViewTestActivityCurrency);

            newsObjectListView.Adapter    = new NewsObject_CustomAdapter(this, DisplayListOBJECT);
            newsObjectListView.ItemClick += NewsObjectListView_ItemClick;
            //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


            string   dateString = "04-15-2018";
            string   timeString = "10:45am";
            DateTime dateTime   = DataAccessHelpers.Convert_Strings_DateAndTime_To_SingleDateTimeObject(dateString, timeString, cultureInfo);

            Log.Debug("DEBUG", "DateTime from my method: " + dateTime.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss"));
            long ticksTime_1 = dateTime.Ticks;

            Log.Debug("DEBUG", "No of ticks: " + ticksTime_1);


            string   dateString2 = "04-15-2018";
            string   timeString2 = "10:45pm";
            DateTime dateTime2   = DataAccessHelpers.Convert_Strings_DateAndTime_To_SingleDateTimeObject(dateString2, timeString2, cultureInfo);

            Log.Debug("DEBUG", "DateTime from my method: " + dateTime2.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss"));
            long ticksTime_2 = dateTime2.Ticks;

            Log.Debug("DEBUG", "No of ticks: " + ticksTime_2);

            long timeDifference = ticksTime_2 - ticksTime_1;

            Log.Debug("DEBUG", "Time difference in ticks: " + timeDifference);

            TimeSpan elapsedSpan = new TimeSpan(timeDifference);

            Log.Debug("DEBUG", "Elapsed time: " + elapsedSpan.TotalHours);



            DateTime dateTime3 = new DateTime(2018, 03, 19, 23, 59, 00);
            long     myNum     = dateTime3.Ticks;

            Log.Debug("DEBUG", "No of ticks: " + myNum);
            DateTime dateTime4 = new DateTime(myNum);

            Log.Debug("DEBUG", "Re-converted dateTime: " + dateTime4.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss"));
            // CultureInfo.InvariantCulture
            // tt - gives am/pm
            // hh - 12 hour clock
            // HH = 24 hour clock
        }// end OnCreate