Hi, there are actually two issues: - time zones: if you want to be able to exchange files that contain time info around the world, the app must understand how to handle differences in time zone. That is what UTC offers a good solution for (see some of the DateTime methods). - formats: if you want your app to understand date/time strings in a file, you can not rely on the system's datetime format during parsing to correspond with the one used during writing that info (on same or other machine, by same or other user, with regional settings maybe changed, etc). There are some articles dealing with these issues here on CP, try a search. A found at least one that seems relevant.[^] :)
Luc Pattyn