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Asked: 2026-05-14T01:26:07+00:00

Using Visual Studio 2008, c#, .net 2.0. I have a Windows Forms client application

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  • Using Visual Studio 2008, c#, .net 2.0.

I have a Windows Forms client application that contains a scheduling UI section, currently this is housed only in the London office with the standard datetime picker control, the selected time is saved in a UK database (GMT) and a London based server aapplication processes the schedules.

There is a requirement to roll the client out to various global locations, Hong Kong, New York etc and allow them to setup schedules that run according to GMT time on the London server.

I’ll have a label on screen saying “note schedules are GMT” what I need is a good way to present a datetime picker that always shows and is in sync with the database server’s GMT time regardless of where the client app is running globally.

Suggestions on how to acheive this? thanks.

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  1. Editorial Team

    The DateTime object has the ability to offset from local time to UTC/GMT time using .GetUTCXXX(), this will convert from the local time instance to a UTC offset based on the current Globalization/Localization setting being used in the runtime.

    In addition there is a Timezone objet in the Globalization.CultureInfo that can be used for adjusting UTC/GMT times to local ones as well.

    If the server is contactable, you could get the local time on the server and update your datepicker that way, but this may be overkill if you only need to have “approximate” times for the schedules and dont need that level of precision.

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