Csharp/CSharp Tutorial/Date Time/DateTime Now
Check the current second
<source lang="csharp">using System;
class MainClass { static void Main(string[] args) { int sec = -1; while( DateTime.Now.Second != 0 ) { if( sec != DateTime.Now.Second ) { sec = DateTime.Now.Second; Console.Write( "...{0}", 60-DateTime.Now.Second ); } } } }</source>
Extracting the current date/time: Now and UtcNow
<source lang="csharp">using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Globalization; using System.IO; using System.Text; using System.Security.Cryptography; public class MainClass {
public static void Main() { DateTime localNow = DateTime.Now; Console.WriteLine("{0} - {1} ({2})", localNow, localNow.Kind, TimeZone.CurrentTimeZone.StandardName); DateTime utcNow = DateTime.UtcNow; Console.WriteLine("{0} - {1}", utcNow, utcNow.Kind); }
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Get current time
<source lang="csharp">using System;
class MainClass {
public static void Main() { string t; int seconds; DateTime dt = DateTime.Now; seconds = dt.Second; // update time if seconds change if(seconds != dt.Second) { seconds = dt.Second; t = dt.ToString("T"); Console.WriteLine(t); } }
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