C# DateTimeOffset UtcNow

Description

DateTimeOffset UtcNow gets a DateTimeOffset object whose date and time are set to the current Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) date and time and whose offset is TimeSpan.Zero.

Syntax

DateTimeOffset.UtcNow has the following syntax.


public static DateTimeOffset UtcNow { get; }

Example

The following example illustrates the relationship between Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and local time.


using System;//  ww w.j a  v a  2s .c o  m

public class MainClass{
  public static void Main(String[] argv){  
    DateTimeOffset localTime = DateTimeOffset.Now;
    DateTimeOffset utcTime = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
    
    Console.WriteLine("Local Time:          {0}", localTime.ToString("T"));
    Console.WriteLine("Difference from UTC: {0}", localTime.Offset.ToString());
    Console.WriteLine("UTC:                 {0}", utcTime.ToString("T"));

  }
}

The code above generates the following result.