how to get user local machine time zone in c#

Question

how to get user local machine time zone in c#. I'm trying to get time by using

var PublishedOn = DateTime.Now;

but time shows according to the server not local user machine.

DateTime.Now represents the current time zone of the machine. UtcNow is neutral. Are you in a web environment and want to get the TimeZone of the client request... or what is the question? — Benjamin Abt, Mar 14 '16 at 11:05
Is this code running in a Windows program? In an ASP.NET program? `DateTime.Now` does just give the time according to the machine running that code. — Patrick Hofman, Mar 14 '16 at 11:05

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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The only place where you can get such information reliably is the client machine. Javascript would be the way to go.

Geo-location will not work when behind a proxy and is generally not very reliable (in my experience).

edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

Community

answered Mar 14 '16 at 11:23

Patrick Hofman

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 14 '16 at 11:34

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DateTime.Now will be the machine where the code is executed. You can use the IP of the incoming request:

Request.UserHostAddress

to get some idea of the geo location using an API like

https://freegeoip.net

edited Mar 14 '16 at 11:34

Patrick Hofman

answered Mar 14 '16 at 11:19

Tom Elmore

score -5 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 14 '16 at 11:11

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TimeZone.CurrentTimeZone is used for the time zone on the computer where the code is executing. Check these links: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.timezone.currenttimezone.aspx

answered Mar 14 '16 at 11:11

Qasim Saeed

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How is this the correct answer? this will still give the server Timezone *not* the local pcs – Jeremy Thompson Mar 14 '16 at 11:24
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Not only that, but `TimeZone` should not be used at all anymore. It was replaced by `TimeZoneInfo` a long time ago. MSDN is clear on that. Still, it won't help for the requested function, as it requires JavaScript. – Matt Johnson-Pint Mar 15 '16 at 05:42

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