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How to get server side date time without your own server

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How to get server side date-time in your Windows Application for free.

Introduction

Sometimes we want to get server side date-time but we do not have our server to do it. This article teaches you how you can do this (I use Google.com's Header site).

Background

I use the System.Net Namespace to do it.

Using the code

C++
string URL = "http://www.google.com";    
System.Net.HttpWebRequest rq2 = (System.Net.HttpWebRequest)System.Net.WebRequest.Create(URL);
System.Net.HttpWebResponse res2 = (System.Net.HttpWebResponse)rq2.GetResponse();
DateTime Date = DateTime.Parse(res2.Headers["Date"]); 

Now , you can get server side date and time in your DateTime variable.

Enjoy ;-)

License

This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)


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