Basic SNTP client UdpClient

using System;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Sockets;

class SntpClient
{
    const int SntpPort = 123;
    static DateTime BaseDate = new DateTime(1900, 1, 1);

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        if(args.Length == 0) {
            Console.WriteLine("Simple SNTP client");
            Console.WriteLine();
            Console.WriteLine("Usage: sntpclient <sntp server url> [<local timezone>]");
            Console.WriteLine();
            Console.WriteLine("<local timezone>: a number between -12 and 12 as hours from UTC");
            Console.WriteLine("(append .5 for an extra half an hour)");
            return;
        }

        double localTimeZoneInHours = 0;
        if(args.Length > 1)
            localTimeZoneInHours = double.Parse(args[1], CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

        var udpClient = new UdpClient();
        udpClient.Client.ReceiveTimeout = 5000;

        var sntpRequest = new byte[48];
        sntpRequest[0] = 0x23; //LI=0 (no warning), VN=4, Mode=3 (client)

        udpClient.Send(
            dgram: sntpRequest,
            bytes: sntpRequest.Length,
            hostname: args[0],
            port: SntpPort);

        byte[] sntpResponse;
        try
        {
            IPEndPoint remoteEndpoint = null;
            sntpResponse = udpClient.Receive(ref remoteEndpoint);
        }
        catch(SocketException)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("*** No response received from the server");
            return;
        }

        uint numberOfSeconds;
        if(BitConverter.IsLittleEndian)
            numberOfSeconds = BitConverter.ToUInt32(
                sntpResponse.Skip(40).Take(4).Reverse().ToArray()
                ,0);
        else
            numberOfSeconds = BitConverter.ToUInt32(sntpResponse, 40);
        
        var date = BaseDate.AddSeconds(numberOfSeconds).AddHours(localTimeZoneInHours);

        Console.WriteLine(
            $"Current date in server: {date:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} UTC{localTimeZoneInHours:+0.#;-0.#;.}");
    }
}