how can i get current time From Internet (External Resource - Not From Server)?
Edited
For Example From the Below WebSite :
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock
Reason
i will redirect my pages to a Lock page after one month (by checking DateTime.Now) and in that page user should input activation code for comming back...
for some security reasons i want to get the current Date/Time From Out Of My Server...
thanks in advance
I think this will help you out of it.Apply the below mentioned code for retrieving the date from Internet.
public static DateTime GetFastestNISTDate()
{
var result = DateTime.MinValue;
// Initialize the list of NIST time servers
// http://tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/servers.cgi
string[] servers = new string[] {
"nist1-ny.ustiming.org",
"nist1-nj.ustiming.org",
"nist1-pa.ustiming.org",
"time-a.nist.gov",
"time-b.nist.gov",
"nist1.aol-va.symmetricom.com",
"nist1.columbiacountyga.gov",
"nist1-chi.ustiming.org",
"nist.expertsmi.com",
"nist.netservicesgroup.com"
};
// Try 5 servers in random order to spread the load
Random rnd = new Random();
foreach (string server in servers.OrderBy(s => rnd.NextDouble()).Take(5))
{
try
{
// Connect to the server (at port 13) and get the response
string serverResponse = string.Empty;
using (var reader = new StreamReader(new System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient(server, 13).GetStream()))
{
serverResponse = reader.ReadToEnd();
}
// If a response was received
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(serverResponse))
{
// Split the response string ("55596 11-02-14 13:54:11 00 0 0 478.1 UTC(NIST) *")
string[] tokens = serverResponse.Split(' ');
// Check the number of tokens
if (tokens.Length >= 6)
{
// Check the health status
string health = tokens[5];
if (health == "0")
{
// Get date and time parts from the server response
string[] dateParts = tokens[1].Split('-');
string[] timeParts = tokens[2].Split(':');
// Create a DateTime instance
DateTime utcDateTime = new DateTime(
Convert.ToInt32(dateParts[0]) + 2000,
Convert.ToInt32(dateParts[1]), Convert.ToInt32(dateParts[2]),
Convert.ToInt32(timeParts[0]), Convert.ToInt32(timeParts[1]),
Convert.ToInt32(timeParts[2]));
// Convert received (UTC) DateTime value to the local timezone
result = utcDateTime.ToLocalTime();
return result;
// Response successfully received; exit the loop
}
}
}
}
catch
{
// Ignore exception and try the next server
}
}
return result;
}
You can't, not by using DateTime.Now
. It is a property of the DateTime
structure that can't be overridden.
You can use an NTP server to get time (though there is not support in the BCL for one).
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