Document the TimeProvider class

[adegeo]

Type of issue

Missing information

Description

The TimeProvider class isn't talked about in all of the date/time related articles.

@tarekgh can you provide some brief context on the point of this class and where customers would use it?

Customer feedback

Needs information on the TimeProvider class

Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/datetime/

Content source URL

https://github.com/dotnet/docs/blob/main/docs/standard/datetime/index.md

Document Version Independent Id

24332884-c808-ba59-5187-3d4b1670d269

Article author

@adegeo

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[tarekgh]

@adegeo community members blogged about it like:

• https://andrewlock.net/exploring-the-dotnet-8-preview-avoiding-flaky-tests-with-timeprovider-and-itimer/#what-s-the-problem-with-the-existing-apis-
• https://blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/finally-an-abstraction-for-time-in-net/
• https://www.roundthecode.com/dotnet-tutorials/timeprovider-easier-mock-time-dotnet-8
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vRUdc1GA4k

We should write a conceptual doc though. I can help with that when I get the chance or if you are interested you may help writing it? Thanks!

[adegeo]

@tarekgh Thanks for the reply! I wouldn't be targeting getting written until maybe next quarter. Provided those posts/video have enough info in there, I could get a conceptual article written for sure. Thanks for the info!