DateTime vs DateTimeOffset

Question

Currently, we have a standard way of dealing with .NET DateTime\'s in a TimeZone aware way: Whenever we produce a DateTime we do it in UTC (e.g. us

Answer 1

DateTime is capable of storing only two distinct times, the local time and UTC. The Kind property indicates which.

DateTimeOffset expands on this by being able to store local times from anywhere in the world. It also stores the offset between that local time and UTC. Note how DateTime cannot do this unless you'd add an extra member to your class to store that UTC offset. Or only ever work with UTC. Which in itself is a fine idea btw.