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Apps and Services with .NET 8 - Second Edition

By : Mark J. Price
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Book Image

Apps and Services with .NET 8 - Second Edition

5 (7)
By: Mark J. Price

Overview of this book

Elevate your practical C# and .NET skills to the next level with this new edition of Apps and Services with .NET 8. With chapters that put a variety of technologies into practice, including Web API, gRPC, GraphQL, and SignalR, this book will give you a broader scope of knowledge than other books that often focus on only a handful of .NET technologies. You’ll dive into the new unified model for Blazor Full Stack and leverage .NET MAUI to develop mobile and desktop apps. This new edition introduces the latest enhancements, including the seamless implementation of web services with ADO.NET SqlClient's native Ahead-of-Time (AOT) support. Popular library coverage now includes Humanizer and Noda Time. There’s also a brand-new chapter that delves into service architecture, caching, queuing, and robust background services. By the end of this book, you’ll have a wide range of best practices and deep insights under your belt to help you build rich apps and efficient services.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
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Index

Working with time zones

In the code example about the .NET release party, using a TimeOnly was not actually a good idea because the TimeOnly value did not include information about the time zone. It is only useful if you are in the correct time zone. TimeOnly is, therefore, a poor choice for an event. For events, we need to understand and handle time zones.

Understanding DateTime and TimeZoneInfo

The DateTime class has many useful members related to time zones, as shown in Table 7.4:

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Member

Description

Now property

A DateTime value that represents the current date and time in the local time zone.

UtcNow property

A DateTime value that represents the current date and time in the UTC time zone.