DateTime.Now vs. DateTime.UtcNow

Question

I\'ve been wondering what exactly are the principles of how the two properties work. I know the second one is universal and basically doesn\'t deal with time zones, but can

Answer 1

Just a little addition to the points made above: the DateTime struct also contains a little known field called Kind (at least, I did not know about it for a long time). It is basically just a flag indicating whether the time is local or UTC; it does not specify the real offset from UTC for local times. Besides the fact that it indicates with what intentions the stuct was constructed, it also influences the way how the methods ToUniversalTime() and ToLocalTime() work.