How to convert DateTime to Eastern Time

Question

I'm trying to create an application that triggers some code when the financial markets are open. Basically in pseudo code:

if(9:30AM ET < Time.Now < 4:00PM ET) {//do something} 

Is there a way I can do this using the DateTime object in C#?

Answer 1

Try this:

var timeUtc = DateTime.UtcNow; TimeZoneInfo easternZone = TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById("Eastern Standard Time"); DateTime easternTime = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeFromUtc(timeUtc, easternZone); 

Answer 2

You could probably use the ConvertTime method of the TimeZoneInfo class to convert a given DateTime to the Eastern timezone and do the comparison from there.

var timeToConvert = //whereever you're getting the time from var est = TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById("Eastern Standard Time"); var targetTime = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTime(timeToConvert, est);