Date and Time in C#

Date and Time in C# — a practical guide to C# DateTime DateTimeOffset with clear examples you can reuse in real projects.

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Short description

Prefer DateTimeOffset / UTC for stored timestamps.

DateTime tip

var now = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
var local = now.ToLocalTime();