MongoDB C# driver and DateTime field

Question

I'm inserting a document to MongoDB collection using C# driver, one of the fields types vs a DateTime when i debug the application i see the server time in the "FrameTimeStamp" fields i'm passing to Mongo, this is my code:

FrameDocument frameDoc = new FrameDocument();
frameDoc.Frame = imageBA;
frameDoc.EventCodeId = 1;
frameDoc.SesionId = 1;
frameDoc.FrameTimeStamp = DateTime.Now;
frameDoc.ServerUserId = (int)toMongoDt.Rows[0]["ServerUserId"];
frameDoc.TraderId = (int)toMongoDt.Rows[0]["TraderId"];
frameDoc.ActivePick = (int)toMongoDt.Rows[0]["ActivePick"];
frameDoc.TraderName = (string)toMongoDt.Rows[0]["TraderName"];
frameDoc.ServerUserName = (string)toMongoDt.Rows[0]["ServerUserName"];

var mongoCon = "mongodb://127.0.0.1";
MongoClient client = new MongoClient(mongoCon);
var db = client.GetDatabase("Video");

var frameCollection = db.GetCollection<FrameDocument>("Frame");
frameCollection.InsertOne(frameDoc);

in the shell when I'm reading the data i see it in the following format: 2016-08-14T06:10:33.295Z and the time is not the server time, its UTC, how can i force mongo to write the DateTime as i pass it,?

Answer 1

as per CSHARP-185

MongoDB stores all DateTimes in UTC. Any local times you supply are converted to UTC when stored in the database. The recommended approach is to always convert DateTime values to UTC yourself before storing them in the database, that way you are in full control. You can also tell the C# driver that you want to work in LocalTime, like this:

[BsonDateTimeOptions(Kind = DateTimeKind.Local)]
public DateTime Date
{ get; set; }