runtime: net6-ios: DateTimeOffset.Local does not have local timezone

From @dotMorten on Tue, 17 May 2022 22:49:14 GMT

Steps to Reproduce

With an iOS device where timezone is != UTC, compare DateTimeOffset.Now and DateTimeOffset.UtcNow and notice they are the same.
DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.ToLocalTime() has no real effect, since it thinks that is already the local timezone.
DateTimeOffset.Parse("12/30/1997 10:00:00 PM +00:00").ToLocal() fails to convert this UTC timestamp to local time zone.
Debug.WriteLine($"UTC: {DateTimeOffset.UtcNow}\nLocal: {DateTimeOffset.Now}\nLocal Converted: {DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.ToLocalTime()); prints the same timestamp each time.

Note: This does not reproduce with legacy Xamarin.iOS on the same device.

I can’t think of a workaround, and this bug could lead to some major data input/output issues. Due to the data-corruption issues this could cause (people missing their flights, invalid data getting entered and bad decisions made because of it etc), I’d consider something like this a showstopper.

Expected Behavior

DateTime/DateTimeOffset APIs understands the local timezone

Actual Behavior

Time zone not set

Environment

.NET 6.0.300, VS2022 17.3p1, .NET MAUI RC3. iOS 14

Version information

``` Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise 2022 Version 17.2.0 Preview 6.0 VisualStudio.17.Preview/17.2.0-pre.6.0+32427.441 Microsoft .NET Framework Version 4.8.04084

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_Copied from original issue xamarin/xamarin-macios#15055_

About this issue

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State: closed
Created 2 years ago
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Comments: 16 (14 by maintainers)

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Can you try setting the TZ environment variable, e.g. to Europe/Paris ?

How do you do that? I could use the workaround for now just to get my tests to pass again

Looks like this does it:

Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable ("TZ", "Europe/Paris");
TimeZoneInfo.ClearCachedData ();

rolfbjarne on May 18, 2022