Convert DateTime TimeZone from UTC

Posted on: Fri Jan 15 23:26:10 -0800 2010. Updated on: Fri Jan 15 23:26:50 -0800 2010.
Category: .NET C#

This is pretty easy once you know what you are doing:

DateTime newYorkTime = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeFromUtc(DateTime.UtcNow, TimeZoneInfo.FindTimeZoneById("US Eastern Standard Time"));

BTW it is a good idea to keep times in the database in UTC that way it is easy to convert using above.

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