How to get current time in C#?

[Tomasz Radziszewski]

I need to get current system DATE and TIME in C#. How can I do it? I can't
find it in Visual Studio Documentation.

Tom

 

[Maarten Struys, eMVP]

Take a look at the DateTime.Now property.

 

[Chris Tacke, eMVP]

Or P/Invoke GetLocalTime. Now has a bug that mishandles TZ changes.

 

[Geoff Schwab [MSFT]]

Hi Tomasz,

DateTime will work for getting the time but if you want to set it you will
have to P/Invoke SetSystemTime. The FAQ has an entry with a code sample
that sets the time ahead one hour:

6.16. How do I set the system time?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/mobility/prodtechinfo/devtools/netcf/FAQ/default.aspx#6.16

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[Chris Tacke, eMVP]

Keep in mind that if you P/Invoke SetTimezoneInfo, DateTime.Now will no
longer give the same result as GetLocalTime.

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