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Asked: 2026-06-02T14:04:45+00:00

I’m from the UK, and have recently deployed a website on WinHost’s Basic Package

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I’m from the UK, and have recently deployed a website on WinHost’s Basic Package.

When using DateTime.Now() in C#, or GETDATE() in SQL, these are both returning something like GMT-8 (because the server is hosted in the US).

I think I’m a bit limited in terms of permissions on the server (for example I can’t change my SQL Login Language).

What is the best method of storing these dates in GMT?

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  1. Editorial Team

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    I think you should store your DateTimes in UTC. Then you can simple convert it to another Timezone with the TimezoneInfo class.

    • Save DateTime.UtcNow to your database or use getUtcDate inside sql
    • Let the user choose his timezone and save them to to your database
    • Convert the UTC Time you have saved to the users timezone using TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeFromUtc

    Sample

    TimeZoneInfo cstZone = TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById(/* destination timezone (users timezone)  */);
DateTime cstTime = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeFromUtc(YourDateTimeFromDatabase, cstZone);

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