Getting Internet Time

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Another useful tool for anyone looking to do any kind of timed logging across multiple computers in multiple continents, and you need a consistent timing system.

For example, lets say you have multiple corp members that will be depositing information into a discord server occasionally…

Anyway, this method will return the current DateTime directly from Google’s servers, and will deliver that information in the GMT timezone.

public static DateTime GetInternetTime()
    {
        try
        {
            using (var response =
              WebRequest.Create("http://www.google.com").GetResponse())
                //string todaysDates =  response.Headers["date"];
                return DateTime.ParseExact(response.Headers["date"],
                    "ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss 'GMT'",
                    CultureInfo.InvariantCulture.DateTimeFormat,
                    DateTimeStyles.AssumeUniversal);
        }
        catch (WebException e)
        {
            return DateTime.Now; //In case something goes wrong. 
        }
    }
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