Get the current Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and UTC offset. : TimeZone « Date Time « C# / C Sharp






  1. C# / C Sharp
  2. Date Time
  3. TimeZone

Get the current Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and UTC offset.

 

using System;
using System.Globalization;

class TimeZoneDemo
{
    static void Main( )
    {
        const string dataFmt = "{0,-30}{1}";
        const string timeFmt = "{0,-30}{1:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm}";

        TimeZone localZone = TimeZone.CurrentTimeZone;
        DateTime currentDate = DateTime.Now;

        DateTime currentUTC = localZone.ToUniversalTime( currentDate );
        TimeSpan currentOffset = localZone.GetUtcOffset( currentDate );

        Console.WriteLine( timeFmt, "Coordinated Universal Time:", currentUTC );
        Console.WriteLine( dataFmt, "UTC offset:", currentOffset );
    }
}








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