MVC - UTC date to LocalTime

Question

We have a MVC project and I need to display a UTC date converted to users local time. In my model I am passing the UTC date and in the view I am trying to do the following:

<%: Html.DisplayFor(m=> m.SomeDate.ToLocalTime()) %>

This throws an exception. Can anybody point me in the correct direction on how to convert the UTC date to local datetime for display at customer end. We will be storing dates as UTC and at display time these dates will need to be converted to the local machine equivalent.

Answer 1

DateTime now = DateTime.UtcNow;
DateTime localNow = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeFromUtc(now, TimeZoneInfo.Local);

Answer 2

You will need to store the users timezone server side and then use something like this (although it should be done in the controller, not the view):

@TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeFromUtc(Model.CreatedOn, TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById("E. Australia Standard Time"))