C#: Making sure DateTime.Now returns a GMT + 1 time

Question

I am using DateTime.Now to show something according to today\'s date, and when working locally (Malta, Europe) the times appear correctly (obviously because of

Answer 1

Use the TimeZoneInfo class found in System.Core;

You must set the DateTimeKind to DateTimeKind.Utc for this.

DateTime MyTime = new DateTime(1990, 12, 02, 19, 31, 30, DateTimeKind.Utc);

DateTime MyTimeInWesternEurope = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeBySystemTimeZoneId(MyTime, "W. Europe Standard Time");

Only if you're using .Net 3.5 though!