SPTimeZone.UTCToLocalTime method

Converts the specified DateTime value from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to local time.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SecurityPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.Assert, UnmanagedCode := True)> _
Public Function UTCToLocalTime ( _
    date As DateTime _
) As DateTime
'Usage
Dim instance As SPTimeZone
Dim date As DateTime
Dim returnValue As DateTime

returnValue = instance.UTCToLocalTime(date)
[SecurityPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.Assert, UnmanagedCode = true)]
public DateTime UTCToLocalTime(
    DateTime date
)

Parameters

Return value

Type: System.DateTime
A System.DateTime structure that contains the date and time converted to their local values.

Examples

The following code example displays the date and time on which each file in a Shared Documents document library was created and last modified, converting date and time values to local time.

Dim siteCollection As New SPSite("https://localhost")
Dim site As SPWeb = siteCollection.AllWebs("Site_Name")
Dim files As SPFileCollection = site.Folders("Shared Documents").Files

Dim regionalSettings As SPRegionalSettings = site.RegionalSettings
Dim timeZone As SPTimeZone = regionalSettings.TimeZone

Dim file As SPFile

For Each file In  files

    Console.WriteLine(SPEncode.HtmlEncode(file.Title) _
        & " :: " & timeZone.UTCToLocalTime(file.TimeCreated) & " :: " _
        & timeZone.UTCToLocalTime(file.TimeLastModified) & "<BR>")

Next file
using (SPSite oSiteCollection = new SPSite("https://localhost"))
{
    using (SPWeb oWebsite = oSiteCollection.AllWebs["Website_Name"])
    {
        SPFileCollection collFiles = oWebsite.Folders["Shared Documents"].Files;
        SPRegionalSettings oRegionalSettings = oWebsite.RegionalSettings;
        SPTimeZone oTimeZone = oRegionalSettings.TimeZone;

        foreach (SPFile oFile in collFiles)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(oFile.Title +
            " :: " + oTimeZone.UTCToLocalTime(oFile.TimeCreated) +
            " :: " + oTimeZone.UTCToLocalTime(oFile.TimeLastModified) +
            "<BR>");
        }
    }
}

Note

Certain objects implement the IDisposable interface, and you must avoid retaining these objects in memory after they are no longer needed. For information about good coding practices, see Disposing Objects.

See also

Reference

SPTimeZone class

SPTimeZone members

Microsoft.SharePoint namespace