C# DateTime ToString

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I am newbie in c#, I write a simple console app to show current time.

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System.Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToString("dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss zzz"))

Why the specific format "zzz" always return -07:00 (my expected result is -08)

My computer (window server 2008) timezone is : UTC-08:00 Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Please help me :(

Posted 12-Aug-12 17:34pm

Van Hua

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 13-Aug-12 0:08am

First thing which comes to my mind is that it takes into account that stupid summer saving time...
--SA

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Solution 3

Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString());

Posted 12-Aug-12 19:00pm

Mas11

Solution 4

If you change the time zone, you must restart your computer to take effect.

Posted 12-Aug-12 21:23pm

April Fans

Solution 1

Use Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.Hour); or Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToShortTimeString());

Posted 12-Aug-12 17:48pm

Rock (Multithreaded)

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 13-Aug-12 0:07am

Not even close.
--SA

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**JF2015** · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-12T18:16:00

Solution 2

See this link for the current UTC time:
http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_UTC.aspx[^]
Your current timezone is PDT time as explained below:
http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/na/pdt.html[^]
So, the output of the ToString method is correct.

Posted 12-Aug-12 18:16pm

JF2015