.NET DateTime and Timezone: It Seems Simple, but It's Not

Over the past several months, I have been learning about how DateTime really works.  It turns out that there are pitfalls in something that appears to be inherently simple.  Here is a group of interesting work on the subject arranged by date.


Why Daylight Savings Time is Non-intuitive Raymond Chen blog

Coding Best Practices Using DateTime in the.NET Framework Dan Rogers MSDN article http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dndotnet/html/datetimecode.asp

New DateTime Best Practices Article BCL Team blog

DateTime Compatibility Issue Brad Abrams blog http://blogs.msdn.com/brada/archive/2004/02/17/74914.aspx

Representing Null DateTime Values in Code Scott Munro blog

Adding Emptiness to the DateTime class Eric Gunnerson blog

DateTime, Serialization and TimeZones Brad Abrams blog http://blogs.msdn.com/brada/archive/2004/04/13/112784.aspx

More on DateTime and TimeZones Brad Abrams blog http://blogs.msdn.com/brada/archive/2004/04/20/117279.aspx

DateTime FAQ Entries BCL Team blog http://blogs.msdn.com/BCLTeam/archive/2004/05/21/136918.aspx

This article is part of the GWB Archives. Original Author: Mark Treadwell

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