How to get the date time of client PC in asp.net C#?

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I have a ASP.NET web application. My hosting server is in USA. Database is present there.
Anyone can browse the site. Now I want to get the date time of client PC. I will store it in DB and will show it in browser.
I have a label. I will show it in that label
I have searched it in Google. But did not found proper code.
Please give me the C# code.
[I am using asp.net, C#]
Thanks in advance
Rashed

Posted 17-Oct-11 7:17am

Rasadul Alam Rashed

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 17-Oct-11 14:07pm

Why do you need this time? I see no reason.
--SA

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Solution 2

You can use JavaScript for getting the date time of client. try this:

Date time using javascript[^]

After collecting the date & time from javascript, hold this date time value in a asp:HiddenField control so this(date & time) can be read on the server. On the server, call Convert.ToDateTime() on the Text value of your HiddenField.

hope it helps :)

Posted 17-Oct-11 7:30am

Uday P.Singh

Updated 17-Oct-11 7:36am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 17-Oct-11 14:15pm

This is good link, my 5, but I seriously doubt local time per se is really needed. Normally, it should be server's local time translated in local time zone, that's it -- please see my solution.
--SA

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<html>
<body>
<h4>It is now  
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var currentTime = new Date()
var hours = currentTime.getHours()
var minutes = currentTime.getMinutes()
if (minutes < 10){
minutes = "0" + minutes
}
document.write(hours + ":" + minutes + " ")
if(hours > 11){
document.write("PM")
} else {
document.write("AM")
}
//-->
</script>
</h4>
</body></html>

Try this code

Posted 15-Jul-13 21:17pm

AnkushSharma100

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CHill60 16-Jul-13 13:36pm

This is an exact copy of the code available on the link provided in Solution 2 nearly 2 years ago. Answering old questions like this usually only attracts downvotes and/or flaming (I see someone has already downvoted your solution)

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Not Active · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-17T07:25:00

Solution 1

You can't get the date/time form the client PC using C# because the code-behind is executed on the SERVER, not the client. You can, however, use JavaScript to get the current date/time from the browser. What would be the point of storing this in a database just to display it on the page?

Posted 17-Oct-11 7:25am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 17-Oct-11 14:16pm

Correct, there is no point. My 5. For all practical purposes, it should be server's local time translated in local time zone, that's it -- please see my solution.
--SA

[no name] 17-Oct-11 14:43pm

Is it really necessary to post "please see my solution" on each solution presented? Can't you just say, Good answer. +5? It certainly gives the impression you are saying, Nice answer, but mine is so much better than yours you need to read it now.

royalarjun001 4-Nov-12 9:37am

this link have the solution this not true that we can't get the Local machine following blog has the solution link to the blog

**Orcun Iyigun** · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-17T07:38:00

Well if you dont want to use Javascript you can have a look at this link. There it will get the client's web browser date and time.

http://weblogs.asp.net/mikebosch/archive/2007/11/15/getting-the-client-browsers-date-and-time-with-asp-net.aspx[^]

Just to warn you ahead, this link will not be helpful in all conditions though. It is explained why.

To be more safe I would prefer using the Javascript to accomplish that. For an ex look at this link.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/274826/how-to-get-client-date-and-time-in-asp-net[^]

Good luck

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-17T08:14:00

I question if you really need local client time, ever. Well, you usually need this time just to present the time of some events translated into the client's local time zone, this is the only reasonable task. But this is time zone information, not really time itself. The server does not need anything about local time. Think about it in this way: you need to show time of some events. All events which happen happen in interaction with the server; and the server knows its local time, which should be got using System.DateTime.UtcNow, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.datetime.utcnow.aspx[^]. The time of anything else simply does not exist for the application.

On client side, you can use JavaScript method Date.getTimezoneOffset to translate UTC time into local time, see http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_gettimezoneoffset.asp[^].

Normally, that's all you really need.

—SA

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