Question

I tried searching around for the code, but I didn’t have too much luck. I found little snippets and I know how to convert current time to UTC, but I just really want to know how to get the current time zone, then convert the time to pacific.

I have many users that use my software all the way from california to maine. So I need to find out what timezone they are in, then convert it to pacific no matter where they are so I can accurately compare the local time to my servers time.

Answer 1

You can use the TimeZoneInfo class to convert time zones for you:

    Dim now As DateTime = DateTime.Now
    MessageBox.Show(now.ToString())

    Dim pacificNow = System.TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTime(now, TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById("Pacific Standard Time"))
    MessageBox.Show(pacificNow.ToString())

You can read more about the TimeZones and the Ids on MSDN.