Dates and Times in .NET 2

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Filip Ekberg

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00. Course Overview

00. Course Overview.mp4

02:11

01. Date and Time Fundamentals

00. Introduction.mp4

05:12

01. Date or Time Ambiguity and Working with DateTime.mp4

06:01

02. Converting Between Time Zones.mp4

03:20

03. Using DateTimeOffset.mp4

04:15

04. Simple DateTime Parsing.mp4

01:52

05. Formatting Dates and Times for ISO 8601.mp4

02:53

06. Working with UTC.mp4

03:58

07. Summary.mp4

02:53

02. Date and Time Arithmetic

00. Calculating Time Difference and Working with TimeSpan.mp4

06:57

01. Getting the Week Number.mp4

04:03

02. Extending a Date.mp4

05:15

03. Solutions to Common Data - Time Scenarios in .NET

00. Looking at an Example Application.mp4

04:14

01. Identifying Overlapping Dates and Times.mp4

03:59

02. Relative Time - How Long Ago - Are We There Yet - Earlier - Later - .mp4

06:25

03. Working with Birthdays.mp4

05:08

04. Storing Dates and Times in Files.mp4

02:52

05. Unix Timestamp.mp4

02:07

06. Summary and Final Words.mp4

04:03

Description

Learn the fundamentals and master the art of working with dates and times in .NET; a topic commonly taken for granted, but often the cause of unexpected errors. This course will make you comfortable working with dates and times in any .NET project!

What You'll Learn?

Ever had issues caused by date and times with .NET within your applications? In this course, Dates and Times in .NET 2, you will master the art of parsing dates and times and how to handle ambiguity using common standards that usually get overlooked and cause unexpected errors. First, you will learn how to handle relative time and time periods, such as calculating the time difference between two periods. Next, you will discover how time zones impact applications, how to properly handle them, and what to consider when parsing dates which don’t include time zone information. Finally, you will explore best practices, and how to avoid problems when working with common date and time scenarios in .NET. When you are finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge to set up your own applications and parse complex date and time situations whether you’re on Windows, Mac, or Linux!

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Filip Ekberg

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Filip is an enthusiastic developer that strives to learn something new every day. With over a decade of experience in .NET, Filip actively spreads his knowledge and ideas around the globe, be it speaking at conferences or online. Filip has worked in a range of different technologies such as WPF, Win Forms, ASP.NET, ASP.NET Core, and Xamarin. In 2012, Filip published the book C# Smorgasbord, covering a vast variety of different technologies and patterns using C#, and right after Filip was introduced as an author at Pluralsight. The year after, he was awarded the Microsoft MVP award, and has since retained it.

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Pluralsight, LLC is an American privately held online education company that offers a variety of video training courses for software developers, IT administrators, and creative professionals through its website. Founded in 2004 by Aaron Skonnard, Keith Brown, Fritz Onion, and Bill Williams, the company has its headquarters in Farmington, Utah. As of July 2018, it uses more than 1,400 subject-matter experts as authors, and offers more than 7,000 courses in its catalog. Since first moving its courses online in 2007, the company has expanded, developing a full enterprise platform, and adding skills assessment modules.