public ArrayList getPastPowerstripData(int powerstripNumber, Int64 startTicks, Int64 endTicks)
        {
            ArrayList result = new ArrayList();

            DateTime startDate = new DateTime(startTicks);

            var start = startDate.Date;

            DateTime endDate = new DateTime(endTicks);

            var end = endDate.Date;

            SqlConnection conn = new System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection();
            try
            {

                string connectionString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["KnightWatchDBConnection"].ConnectionString;

                conn.ConnectionString = connectionString;

                conn.Open();


                String sqlQuery = "select power_kw, max_power_kw, energy_kwh, entry_date, entry_time from powerstrip p where powerstrip_number = @powerstripnumber and  entry_date between @startDate and @endDate";
                SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand(sqlQuery, conn);

                SqlParameter powerstripNumb = command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@powerstripnumber", powerstripNumber);

                SqlParameter start_d = command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@startDate", start);

                SqlParameter end_d = command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@endDate", end);

                using (SqlDataReader commandReader = command.ExecuteReader())
                {

                    while (commandReader.Read())
                    {
                        String dateOnly = commandReader["entry_date"].ToString();

                        String timeOnly = commandReader["entry_time"].ToString();

                        DateTime d = DateTime.Parse(dateOnly.Substring(0, dateOnly.IndexOf(" ")) + "  " + timeOnly);

                        if (DateTime.Compare(d, startDate) >= 0 && DateTime.Compare(d, endDate) <= 0)
                        {

                            PowerStrip powerStrip = new PowerStrip();

                            powerStrip.power = Double.Parse(commandReader["power_kw"].ToString());

                            powerStrip.max_power = Double.Parse(commandReader["max_power_kw"].ToString());

                            powerStrip.energy = Double.Parse(commandReader["energy_kwh"].ToString());

                            result.Add(powerStrip);
                        }

                    }

                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {

                Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
            }

            conn.Close();

            return result;

        }
        public PowerStrip getCurrentPowerstripData(int powerstripNumber)
        {
            PowerStrip powerStrip = new PowerStrip();
           
            SqlConnection conn = new System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection();
            try
            {

                string connectionString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["KnightWatchDBConnection"].ConnectionString;

                conn.ConnectionString = connectionString;

                conn.Open();


                String sqlQuery = "select power_kw, max_power_kw, energy_kwh from powerstrip p where powerstrip_number = @powerstripnumber and  entry_date = (select max(entry_date) from powerstrip where powerstrip_number = @powerstripnumber) and entry_time = (select max(entry_time) from powerstrip p1 where p1.entry_date = p.entry_date and powerstrip_number = @powerstripnumber)";
                SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand(sqlQuery, conn);

                SqlParameter powerstripNumb = command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@powerstripnumber", powerstripNumber);

                SqlDataReader commandReader = command.ExecuteReader();

                while (commandReader.Read())
                {
                    powerStrip.power = Double.Parse(commandReader["power_kw"].ToString());

                    powerStrip.max_power = Double.Parse(commandReader["max_power_kw"].ToString());

                    powerStrip.energy = Double.Parse(commandReader["energy_kwh"].ToString());

                    
                }

            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {

                Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
            }

            conn.Close();

            return powerStrip;

        }