TimeZoneInfo Class (System)

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TimeZoneInfo Class

Represents any time zone in the world.

Namespace: System
Assembly: System.Core (in System.Core.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

<SerializableAttribute> _
<HostProtectionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, MayLeakOnAbort := True)> _
Public NotInheritable Class TimeZoneInfo _
    Implements IEquatable(Of TimeZoneInfo), ISerializable,  _
    IDeserializationCallback

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As TimeZoneInfo

[SerializableAttribute]
[HostProtectionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, MayLeakOnAbort = true)]
public sealed class TimeZoneInfo : IEquatable<TimeZoneInfo>, 
    ISerializable, IDeserializationCallback

Visual C++

[SerializableAttribute]
[HostProtectionAttribute(SecurityAction::LinkDemand, MayLeakOnAbort = true)]
public ref class TimeZoneInfo sealed : IEquatable<TimeZoneInfo^>, 
    ISerializable, IDeserializationCallback

JScript

public final class TimeZoneInfo implements IEquatable<TimeZoneInfo>, ISerializable, IDeserializationCallback

Remarks

Note:
The HostProtectionAttribute attribute applied to this type or member has the following Resources property value: MayLeakOnAbort. The HostProtectionAttribute does not affect desktop applications (which are typically started by double-clicking an icon, typing a command, or entering a URL in a browser). For more information, see the HostProtectionAttribute class or SQL Server Programming and Host Protection Attributes.

Note:

The HostProtectionAttribute attribute applied to this type or member has the following Resources property value: MayLeakOnAbort. The HostProtectionAttribute does not affect desktop applications (which are typically started by double-clicking an icon, typing a command, or entering a URL in a browser). For more information, see the HostProtectionAttribute class or SQL Server Programming and Host Protection Attributes.

A time zone is a geographical region in which the same time is used.

The TimeZoneInfo class offers significant enhancements over the TimeZone class, which provides only limited functionality.

The TimeZone class recognizes only the local time zone, and can convert times between Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and local time. A TimeZoneInfo object can represent any time zone, and methods of the TimeZoneInfo class can be used to convert the time in one time zone to the corresponding time in any other time zone. The members of the TimeZoneInfo class support the following operations:

Retrieving a time zone that is already defined by the operating system.
Enumerating the time zones that are available on a system.
Converting times between different time zones.
Creating a new time zone that is not already defined by the operating system.
Serializing a time zone for later retrieval.

Note:
An instance of the TimeZoneInfo class is immutable. Once an object has been instantiated, its values cannot be modified.

You cannot instantiate a TimeZoneInfo object using the new keyword. Instead, you must call one of the static members of the TimeZoneInfo class shown in the following table.

Static member name	Description
CreateCustomTimeZone method	Creates a custom time zone from application-supplied data.
FindSystemTimeZoneById method	Instantiates a time zone defined in the system registry based on the zone's identifier.
FromSerializedString method	Deserializes a string value to re-create a previously serialized TimeZoneInfo object.
GetSystemTimeZones method	Returns an enumerable ReadOnlyCollection<(Of <(T>)>) of TimeZoneInfo objects that represents all time zones that are available on the local system.
Local property	Instantiates a TimeZoneInfo object that represents the local time zone.
Utc property	Instantiates a TimeZoneInfo object that represents the UTC zone.

You can use the CreateCustomTimeZone method to create a time zone that is not defined in the local system registry. You can then use the ToSerializedString property to save the time zone object's information as a string, which can be stored in some form that is accessible to the application. You can use the FromSerializedString method to convert a serialized string back to a TimeZoneInfo object.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System..::.Object
System..::.TimeZoneInfo

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5

Reference

TimeZoneInfo Members

System Namespace

Other Resources

Times and Time Zones

Time Zone Overview