DateTime::UtcNow Property
Gets a DateTime object that is set to the current date and time on this computer, expressed as the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
The resolution of this property depends on the system timer.
System | Approximate Resolution |
|---|---|
Windows NT 3.5 and later | 10 milliseconds |
Windows 98 | 55 milliseconds |
Starting with the .NET Framework version 2.0, the return value is a DateTime whose Kind property returns DateTimeKind::Utc.
An alternative to using UtcNow is DateTimeOffset::UtcNow. While the former indicates that a date and time value is Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) by assigning DateTimeKind::Utc to its Kind property, the latter assigns the date and time value the UTC time's offset (equal to TimeSpan::Zero).
The following example uses the SpecifyKind method to demonstrate how the Kind property influences the ToLocalTime and ToUniversalTime conversion methods.
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.