// Generates a unix epoch timestamp
        // They use DateTime of locale here (DateTime.Now)
        public static String Timestamp(DateTime now)
        {
            DateTime e = new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
            TimeSpan t = now.Subtract(e);
            // Decided to drop milliseconds
            String timestr = ((int)(t.TotalSeconds)).ToString();
            return timestr;
        }

        // Generate a PerkTV formatted timestamp
        // They use DateTime of locale here (DateTime.Now)
        public static String TimeString()
        {
            DateTime localDate = DateTime.Now;
            String timestamp_ = localDate.ToString("ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss K");
            String t = timestamp_.Substring((timestamp_.Length - 1), 1);
            if (t != "Z")
            {
                t = timestamp_.Substring((timestamp_.Length - 2), 2);
                timestamp_ = timestamp_.Substring(0, (timestamp_.Length - 3)) + t;
            }
            timestamp_ = timestamp_.Replace(" ", "%20").Replace(":", "%3A").Replace(",", "%2C"); ;
            return timestamp_;
        }