How to get system date time instead of server.

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When I run my application on local host I get my system time and date from DateTime.Now.
But when I hosted it on server I am getting the server Date Time. It is Godaddy server.(USA). instead of server datetime I want to retrieve the machine time and date

What I have tried:

DateTime dateValue = DateTime.Now;
dateValue.ToString("dddd");
+dateValue.ToString("h:mm:ss tt");

Posted 1-Oct-16 6:56am

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Updated 1-Oct-16 8:35am

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[no name] 1-Oct-16 13:43pm

Then write some CLIENT side code to get the time.

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Suvendu Shekhar Giri · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-01T08:35:00

Solution 1

Basically there are two approaches-
1. Client side approach
With this approach you can take help of some client script like javascript to get the date and time on the client system. Something like following-

JavaScript

var currentdate = new Date();

Check following link-
JavaScript Dates[^]

Ok. Now what if I have wrong time set in my computer? Wrong result to expect. That's where we need the second option.
2. Convert the time to local
Well, you can do this with your C# code.
Example:

C#

DateTime dateValue = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeFromUtc(DateTime.UtcNow, TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById("India Standard Time")); //for converting to IST

Hope, it helps :)
Note: There are ways to do this in client side too. but these 2 options should help your cause. Please let me know in case I am missing something here.

Posted 1-Oct-16 8:35am

Suvendu Shekhar Giri

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Member 12770464 1-Oct-16 15:22pm

Okay I will check it and let you know. Meanwhile in my SqlCommand I am using GETDATE() to store datetime in Database. Again the server is hosted on Godaddy.
So that will again use the server datetime or system.
And if suppose it uses server datetime. Can I use this method to get the task done?
Thanks

Member 12770464 1-Oct-16 15:24pm

@Suvendu. The clients are from different countries. They have different GMT. How to do now.

Suvendu Shekhar Giri 1-Oct-16 15:29pm

Yes, you can send the datetime value to the DB so that correct value is saved.
Getdate() will return local time.
You do something like
getutcdate()+'5:30'
to get correct value in IST.

Member 12770464 1-Oct-16 15:33pm

Thats the thing. different user have different UTC. I am looking to make things so that I can use this code .

Karthik_Mahalingam 3-Oct-16 1:09am

5

Suvendu Shekhar Giri 3-Oct-16 2:13am

Thanks @Karthik :)

Karthik_Mahalingam 3-Oct-16 2:19am

welcome :)

Member 12770464 3-Oct-16 2:14am

Can you explain this 5 ?? :) thanks

Karthik_Mahalingam 3-Oct-16 2:19am

coz of this
var currentdate = new Date(); // i would recommend this only.
reliable way to get the client time

Suvendu Shekhar Giri 3-Oct-16 2:34am

@Karthik, I think OP just want to understand what "5" means.
@OP, here "5" means.. rating/voting the answer with 5 stars.

Member 12770464 3-Oct-16 2:41am

Oh. I see. Yes. Your answer was perfect. I was thinking he was referring to getutcdate()+'5'

Karthik_Mahalingam 3-Oct-16 2:47am

sorry dude, i misunderstood,
i have rated 5 out of 5 stars for suvendu's solution
:)

Karthik_Mahalingam 3-Oct-16 2:47am

:)