ConvertTimeToUtc culture

Question

Right now this string is returning: "Giovedi 24 Ottobre 2013", which is absolutely correct. I have adjust the result with a +1 hour for my specific needs. I need the string to return "Thursday 24 October 2013", basically the same but in English.

 private string Datetime()

{
    DateTime dt = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeToUtc(DateTime.Now);

    return dt.AddHours(1).ToLongDateString();
}

How can I change the method to return the date in English?

Also you can probably just use `DateTime.UtcNow`... – Jeff B Oct 24 '13 at 21:36 — Jeff B, Oct 24 '13 at 21:36

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 24 '13 at 21:32

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Try this:

return dt.AddHours(1).ToString("D", new CultureInfo("en-US"));

answered Oct 24 '13 at 21:32

Hamlet Hakobyan

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Thanks, but I suspect your string will not return UTC but the system time. Am I wrong? I need the UTC time. – FeliceM Oct 24 '13 at 21:34
Was a polite answer. Your string returns the system time and not the UTC. I need to apply culture en-EN to ConvertTimeToUtc. Thats my problem. However, thanks. – FeliceM Oct 24 '13 at 21:37
Snippet will return **date in `dt`** in format "Long date pattern" and in culture `en-US`. – Hamlet Hakobyan Oct 24 '13 at 21:40
Thanks, I know but I was looking for culture on UTC time. – FeliceM Oct 24 '13 at 21:43
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Your dt already in UTC `DateTime dt = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeToUtc(DateTime.Now);` – Hamlet Hakobyan Oct 24 '13 at 21:44

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 24 '13 at 21:39

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You don't really need to use the TimeZoneInfo class to do this...

return DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("D", new CultureInfo("en-US"))

answered Oct 24 '13 at 21:39

Jeff B

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this solved my problem. Thanks a lot. I used return dt.AddHours(1).ToString("D", new CultureInfo("en-US")); – FeliceM Oct 24 '13 at 21:42

ConvertTimeToUtc culture

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