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Hello. Can anyone help explain what are the differences between using DateTimeZone.UtcNow() and DateTimeZone.FixedUtcNow()?
The only difference in the documentation for FixedUTCNow is the following statement:
This value is fixed and will not change with successive calls.
But honestly, I don't understand what this sentence mean. Can anyone help explain with examples?
Hi @Anonymous
I'm not pretty sure, but I think that it is related with time zones that changes between winter/summer times. I mean, fixed UTC will never work right with countries like Germany or Spain.
Hi @mlsx4 , I don't think that is what it means though, since the statement did not say about "time", but rather about "successive calls".
I think this would mean if someone refreshes the data very frequently in short interval, it will not change by the second or minute, but when I try to refresh it frequently the datetime still change each time.
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