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`DateTime.Now` returns a `DateTime` object with the **local date & time of the server**. A `DateTime` object **doesn't store the time zone information**. So, you can not know the **absolute date & time** stored in this object. You can only make **assumptions**, like assuming that it was created in UTC+05 time zone. The things especially gets complicated when you save this value to a database and read later, or send it to a client in a **different time zone**.
One solution to this problem is always use `DateTime.UtcNow` and assume all `DateTime` objects as UTC time. In this was, you can convert it to the time zone of the target client when needed.
One solution to this problem is always use `DateTime.UtcNow` and assume all `DateTime` objects as UTC time. In this way, you can convert it to the time zone of the target client when needed.
`IClock` provides an abstraction while getting the current time, so you can control the kind of the date time (UTC or local) in a single point in your application.
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`ITimezoneProvider` is a service to simple convert [Windows Time Zone Id](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/973627/microsoft-time-zone-index-values) values to [Iana Time Zone Name](https://www.iana.org/time-zones) values and vice verse. It also provides methods to get list of these time zones and get a `TimeZoneInfo` with a given name.
It has been implemented using the [TimeZoneConverter](https://github.com/mj1856/TimeZoneConverter) library.
It has been implemented using the [TimeZoneConverter](https://github.com/mj1856/TimeZoneConverter) library.