/// <summary>
/// Will return the value of DateTime.UtcNow at the time of the generation of the Guid will keep you from storing separate audit fields
/// </summary>
/// <param name="guid">A sequential Guid with the first 8 bytes containing the system ticks at time of generation</param>
/// <returns>DateTime?</returns>
public static DateTime?ToDateTime(this Guid guid)
{
var ticks = guid.ToTicks();
if (ticks.IsDateTime())
{
return(ticks.ToDateTime());
}
//Try conversion through sql guid
ticks = new SqlGuid(guid).ToGuid().ToTicks();
return(ticks.IsDateTime()
? ticks.ToDateTime()
: default(DateTime?));
}
/// <summary> /// Will return the value of SystemClock.Instance.GetCurrentInstant() at the time of the generation of the Guid will /// keep you from needing to store separate audit fields /// </summary> /// <param name="sqlGuid"> /// A sequential SqlGuid with the first sorted 8 bytes containing the system ticks at time of /// generation /// </param> /// <returns>Instant?</returns> public static Instant?ToInstant(this SqlGuid sqlGuid) => sqlGuid.ToDateTime().ToInstant();
/// <summary>
/// Will return the value of SystemClock.Instance.GetCurrentInstant() at the time of the generation of the Guid will
/// keep you from needing to store separate audit fields
/// </summary>
/// <param name="sqlGuid">
/// A sequential SqlGuid with the first sorted 8 bytes containing the system ticks at time of
/// generation
/// </param>
/// <returns>Instant?</returns>
public static Instant?ToInstant(this SqlGuid sqlGuid)
{
return(sqlGuid.ToDateTime().ToInstant());
}