TimeZone Class

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01/16/2013

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Represents a time zone.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System. . :: . .Object
System..::..TimeZone

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SerializableAttribute> _
Public MustInherit Class TimeZone

[SerializableAttribute]
public abstract class TimeZone

[SerializableAttribute]
public ref class TimeZone abstract

[<AbstractClass>]
[<SerializableAttribute>]
type TimeZone =  class end

public abstract class TimeZone

The TimeZone type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	TimeZone	Initializes a new instance of the TimeZone class.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	CurrentTimeZone	Gets the time zone of the current computer.
	DaylightName	Gets the daylight saving time zone name.
	StandardName	Gets the standard time zone name.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetDaylightChanges	Returns the daylight saving time period for a particular year.
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetUtcOffset	Returns the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) offset for the specified local time.
	IsDaylightSavingTime	Returns a value indicating whether the specified date and time is within a daylight saving time period.
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToLocalTime	Returns the local time that corresponds to a specified date and time value.
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToUniversalTime	Returns the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) that corresponds to a specified time.

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Remarks

A time zone is a geographical region in which the same standard time is used.

You can use the TimeZone class to retrieve information about the current time zone, and to convert times from local time to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or vice versa. However, you cannot use the TimeZone class to represent time zones other than the local zone or to handle date and time conversions from one time zone to another. For this purpose, use the TimeZoneInfo class. You can use this class to retrieve information on any time zone defined on the local system, to create custom time zones, and to convert times from one time zone to another.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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