convert UTC date string to local dateTime

Question

I need to convert UTC dateTime to local I have tried parse but unable to do so?

public class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("UTC DateTime Convertor....!");

        var giveDateTime = "22-06-2021T14:10:45.000";
        var utcGivenDateTime = DateTime.Parse(giveDateTime);???
        var localConvertedTime ???


        Console.WriteLine("Given Date: ", giveDateTime);
        Console.WriteLine("Given UTC DateTime ", utcGivenDateTime);
        Console.WriteLine("Converted Local Time ", localConvertedTime);


        Console.ReadLine();
    }
}

You've tagged this post "datetimeoffset", but you're not using that class, which would make this process much easier. — gunr2171, Jun 25 '21 at 11:52
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4331189/datetime-vs-datetimeoffset — Rand Random, Jun 25 '21 at 11:57
Maybe the method [DateTime.ToLocalTime](https://learn.microsoft.com/fr-fr/dotnet/api/system.datetime.tolocaltime)? — vernou, Jun 25 '21 at 12:08

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 25 '21 at 12:28

To convert to a local time, you need the timezone you want to convert it to:

var timeZoneInfo = TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById("Central Brazilian Standard Time");
    
var localConvertedTime = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeFromUtc(utcGivenDateTime, timeZoneInfo);

Unfortunately, native timezones are currently system specific. If you need to be system agnostic, you might want to look at third party libraries like NodaTime.

convert UTC date string to local dateTime

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