Format Date/Time as UTC with Timezone Offset

Here’s a quick snippet from MSDN that demonstrates how to format a date/time to UTC format with a timezone offset. (ISO 8601 compliant!)

DateTime date1 = new DateTime(2008, 4, 10, 6, 30, 0);
DateTimeOffset dateOffset = new DateTimeOffset(date1,
    TimeZoneInfo.Local.GetUtcOffset(date1));
Console.Write(dateOffset.ToString("o"));

This will produce the following output:

2008-04-10T06:30:00.0000000-04:00

Everything you ever wanted to know and more about date and time formatting can be found here.

Author: Adam Prescott

I'm enthusiastic and passionate about creating intuitive, great-looking software. I strive to find the simplest solutions to complex problems, and I embrace agile principles and test-driven development. View all posts by Adam Prescott