Question

I have been trying to find ways to save Datetime specific to “Arabian Standard Time” which is +4 UTC.
So far I have not been successful.
Here’s an example:

Response.Write("<br>System Time : " + DateTime.Now);
timeZoneInfo = TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById("Arabian Standard Time");

dateTime = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTime(DateTime.Now, timeZoneInfo);
Response.Write("<br>Arabian Standard Time : " + dateTime);

It always gives me the same datetime zone which I set on the desktop.

Can I set the time zone in web.config so that I will have datetime specific to a country on the application level?

Answer 1

I managed to get it right after using following code..

TimeZoneInfo UAETimeZone = TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById("Arabian Standard Time");  DateTime utc = DateTime.UtcNow; 
DateTime UAE = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeFromUtc(utc, UAETimeZone); 
Response.Write("<brUTC : " + utc); 
Response.Write("<br>Arabian Standard Time UAE : " + UAE);

Now even if i change my desktop timezone it will always give me the time zone of “Arabian Standard Time”