I have MonoTouch app which process data from a webservice. This data contains date information which is specific to a timezone. The timezone is UTC +12 which is for New Zealand.
My app displays this data based on the current time. The problem with this is that when the app is used in different TimeZones the data isn't displayed properly because the current time on the device is incorrect.
How can I get the current datetime for UTC +12 regardless of the locale/timezone setting on the device?
Edit:
I have tried the following code based on the answers below:
TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTime (DateTime.Now, TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById("Pacific/Auckland"));
This code works fine on my computer however when I run it in MonoTouch I get the following exception:
System.ArgumentException: Kind propery of dateTime is Local but the sourceTimeZone does not equal TimeZoneInfo.Local
at System.TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTime (DateTime dateTime, System.TimeZoneInfo sourceTimeZone, System.TimeZoneInfo destinationTimeZone) [0x00018] in /Developer/MonoTouch/Source/mono/mcs/class/System.Core/System/TimeZoneInfo.cs:179
at System.TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTime (DateTime dateTime, System.TimeZoneInfo destinationTimeZone) [0x00000] in /Developer/MonoTouch/Source/mono/mcs/class/System.Core/System/TimeZoneInfo.cs:173
Use DateTime.Now
. This will give you system TimeZone Date and Time. Now convert that time to desired timezone time like this
var indianTime = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTime (DateTime.Now,
TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById("India Standard Time"));
To get list of TimeZone run this method
ReadOnlyCollection<TimeZoneInfo> zones = TimeZoneInfo.GetSystemTimeZones();
Console.WriteLine("The local system has the following {0} time zones", zones.Count);
foreach (TimeZoneInfo zone in zones)
Console.WriteLine(zone.Id);
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