C# DateTimeOffset Implicit(DateTime to DateTimeOffset)

Description

DateTimeOffset Implicit(DateTime to DateTimeOffset) defines an implicit conversion of a DateTime object to a DateTimeOffset object.

Syntax

DateTimeOffset.Implicit(DateTime to DateTimeOffset) has the following syntax.


public static implicit operator DateTimeOffset (
  DateTime dateTime
)

Parameters

DateTimeOffset.Implicit(DateTime to DateTimeOffset) has the following parameters.

dateTime - The object to convert.

Returns

DateTimeOffset.Implicit(DateTime to DateTimeOffset) method returns The converted object.

Example

The Implicit method enables the compiler to automatically convert a DateTime object to a DateTimeOffset object without an explicit casting operator in C#.


/*from w w w . jav  a  2 s .c  om*/
using System;
public class MainClass{
  public static void Main(String[] argv){  
    DateTimeOffset timeWithOffset; 
    timeWithOffset = new DateTime(2008, 7, 3, 18, 45, 0);
    Console.WriteLine(timeWithOffset.ToString());
    
    timeWithOffset = DateTime.UtcNow;
    Console.WriteLine(timeWithOffset.ToString());
    
    timeWithOffset = DateTime.SpecifyKind(DateTime.Now, 
                                          DateTimeKind.Unspecified);
    Console.WriteLine(timeWithOffset.ToString());
    
    timeWithOffset = new DateTime(2014, 1, 1, 2, 30, 0) + 
                     new TimeSpan(1, 0, 0, 0);
    Console.WriteLine(timeWithOffset.ToString());

  }
}

The code above generates the following result.