DateTime vs DateTimeOffset in C#: which type to choose for working with dates and time zones?
Hello, colleagues! I'm new to C# and .NET, and I'm confused about the DateTime and DateTimeOffset types. They both seem to be designed for storing date and time, so why are there two different types?\n\nI'm writing a small task management application. Users can create tasks and set deadlines. It makes sense to store the deadline date and time. At first, I used DateTime:\n\n```csharp\nDateTime deadline = new DateTime(2025, 12, 31, 23, 59, 0);\nConsole.WriteLine($"Deadline: {deadline}");\n```\n\nBut then I noticed that if a user is from Moscow and the server is in UTC, the time might be displayed incorrectly. I tried using the `.Kind` property (Local, Utc, Unspecified), but that only added to the confusion.\n\nEventually, I came across DateTimeOffset. It seems to also store the offset from UTC. But when
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