Get current date time from server and convert it into local time in c#

Question

Help: I have a server which is having time in GMT-07.00 hours. My local time is GMT+05.30 hours. I need to get current date and time from server and convert this date and time i

Answer 1

no need to know server time zone. if the server time setting is correct you can try this :

DateTime serverTime = DateTime.Now; // gives you current Time in server timeZone
DateTime utcTime = serverTime.ToUniversalTime(); // convert it to Utc using timezone setting of server computer

TimeZoneInfo tzi = TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById("India Standard Time");
DateTime localTime = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeFromUtc(utcTime, tzi); // convert from utc to local

to check it locally , change your computer timezone to match your server. then run the code. I check and it's working fine.

update:

the first two lines can be mixed into one line as below . that has a better performance :

DateTime utcTime = DateTime.UtcNow;