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// <Snippet5>
using System;
public class TimeZoneAwareArithmetic
{
public static void Main()
{
const string tzName = "Central Standard Time";
DateTime generalTime = new DateTime(2008, 3, 9, 1, 30, 0);
TimeZoneInfo cst = TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById(tzName);
TimeSpan twoAndAHalfHours = new TimeSpan(2, 30, 0);
// Instantiate DateTimeOffset value to have correct CST offset
try
{
DateTimeOffset centralTime1 = new DateTimeOffset(generalTime,
cst.GetUtcOffset(generalTime));
// Add two and a half hours
DateTimeOffset utcTime = centralTime1.ToUniversalTime();
utcTime += twoAndAHalfHours;
DateTimeOffset centralTime2 = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTime(utcTime, cst);
// Display result
Console.WriteLine("{0} + {1} hours = {2}", centralTime1,
twoAndAHalfHours.ToString(),
centralTime2);
}
catch (TimeZoneNotFoundException)
{
Console.WriteLine("Unable to retrieve Central Standard Time zone information.");
}
}
}
// The example displays the following output to the console:
// 3/9/2008 1:30:00 AM -06:00 + 02:30:00 hours = 3/9/2008 5:00:00 AM -05:00
// </Snippet5>