Interface ITimeProvider

Provides access to the current time. Enables testability by allowing time to be mocked.

public interface ITimeProvider

Remarks

Use dependency injection with this interface to make time-dependent code testable.

See TimeProvider for the default production implementation.

Gets the current time as a Unix timestamp (seconds since January 1, 1970 UTC).

long Epoch { get; }

long timestamp = timeProvider.Epoch;
// Example: 1704067200 (represents 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC)

Gets the current UTC date and time.

DateTime UtcNow { get; }

DateTime now = timeProvider.UtcNow;