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+using System;
+
+namespace S7.Net.Types
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Contains the methods to convert between <see cref="T:System.DateTime"/> and S7 representation of datetime values.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class DateTime
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The minimum <see cref="T:System.DateTime"/> value supported by the specification.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static readonly System.DateTime SpecMinimumDateTime = new System.DateTime(1990, 1, 1);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The maximum <see cref="T:System.DateTime"/> value supported by the specification.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static readonly System.DateTime SpecMaximumDateTime = new System.DateTime(2089, 12, 31, 23, 59, 59, 999);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Parses a <see cref="T:System.DateTime"/> value from bytes.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="bytes">Input bytes read from PLC.</param>
+        /// <returns>A <see cref="T:System.DateTime"/> object representing the value read from PLC.</returns>
+        /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">Thrown when the length of
+        ///   <paramref name="bytes"/> is not 8 or any value in <paramref name="bytes"/>
+        ///   is outside the valid range of values.</exception>
+        public static System.DateTime FromByteArray(byte[] bytes)
+        {
+            if (bytes.Length != 8)
+                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(bytes), bytes.Length,
+                    $"Parsing a DateTime requires exactly 8 bytes of input data, input data is {bytes.Length} bytes long.");
+
+            int DecodeBcd(byte input) => 10 * (input >> 4) + (input & 0b00001111);
+
+            int ByteToYear(byte bcdYear)
+            {
+                var input = DecodeBcd(bcdYear);
+                if (input < 90) return input + 2000;
+                if (input < 100) return input + 1900;
+
+                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(bcdYear), bcdYear,
+                    $"Value '{input}' is higher than the maximum '99' of S7 date and time representation.");
+            }
+
+            int AssertRangeInclusive(int input, byte min, byte max, string field)
+            {
+                if (input < min)
+                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(input), input,
+                        $"Value '{input}' is lower than the minimum '{min}' allowed for {field}.");
+                if (input > max)
+                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(input), input,
+                        $"Value '{input}' is higher than the maximum '{max}' allowed for {field}.");
+
+                return input;
+            }
+
+            var year = ByteToYear(bytes[0]);
+            var month = AssertRangeInclusive(DecodeBcd(bytes[1]), 1, 12, "month");
+            var day = AssertRangeInclusive(DecodeBcd(bytes[2]), 1, 31, "day of month");
+            var hour = AssertRangeInclusive(DecodeBcd(bytes[3]), 0, 23, "hour");
+            var minute = AssertRangeInclusive(DecodeBcd(bytes[4]), 0, 59, "minute");
+            var second = AssertRangeInclusive(DecodeBcd(bytes[5]), 0, 59, "second");
+            var hsec = AssertRangeInclusive(DecodeBcd(bytes[6]), 0, 99, "first two millisecond digits");
+            var msec = AssertRangeInclusive(bytes[7] >> 4, 0, 9, "third millisecond digit");
+            var dayOfWeek = AssertRangeInclusive(bytes[7] & 0b00001111, 1, 7, "day of week");
+
+            return new System.DateTime(year, month, day, hour, minute, second, hsec * 10 + msec);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Converts a <see cref="T:System.DateTime"/> value to a byte array.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="dateTime">The DateTime value to convert.</param>
+        /// <returns>A byte array containing the S7 date time representation of <paramref name="dateTime"/>.</returns>
+        /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">Thrown when the value of
+        ///   <paramref name="dateTime"/> is before <see cref="P:SpecMinimumDateTime"/>
+        ///   or after <see cref="P:SpecMaximumDateTime"/>.</exception>
+        public static byte[] ToByteArray(System.DateTime dateTime)
+        {
+            byte EncodeBcd(int value)
+            {
+                return (byte) ((value / 10 << 4) | value % 10);
+            }
+
+            if (dateTime < SpecMinimumDateTime)
+                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(dateTime), dateTime,
+                    $"Date time '{dateTime}' is before the minimum '{SpecMinimumDateTime}' supported in S7 date time representation.");
+
+            if (dateTime > SpecMaximumDateTime)
+                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(dateTime), dateTime,
+                    $"Date time '{dateTime}' is after the maximum '{SpecMaximumDateTime}' supported in S7 date time representation.");
+
+            byte MapYear(int year) => (byte) (year < 2000 ? year - 1900 : year - 2000);
+
+            int DayOfWeekToInt(DayOfWeek dayOfWeek) => (int) dayOfWeek + 1;
+
+            return new[]
+            {
+                EncodeBcd(MapYear(dateTime.Year)),
+                EncodeBcd(dateTime.Month),
+                EncodeBcd(dateTime.Day),
+                EncodeBcd(dateTime.Hour),
+                EncodeBcd(dateTime.Minute),
+                EncodeBcd(dateTime.Second),
+                EncodeBcd(dateTime.Millisecond / 10),
+                (byte) (dateTime.Millisecond % 10 << 4 | DayOfWeekToInt(dateTime.DayOfWeek))
+            };
+        }
+    }
+}
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