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).
Namespace: System
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 |
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.
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