using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace SystemDateTime
{
class Class1
{ /// <summary> This structure represents a date and time. </summary>
public struct SYSTEMTIME
{ public ushort wYear,wMonth,wDayOfWeek,wDay,
wHour,wMinute,wSecond,wMilliseconds;
}
/// <summary>
/// This function retrieves the current system date
/// and time expressed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
/// </summary>
/// <param name="lpSystemTime">[out] Pointer to a SYSTEMTIME structure to
/// receive the current system date and time.</param>
[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
public extern static void GetSystemTime(ref SYSTEMTIME lpSystemTime);
/// <summary>
/// This function sets the current system date
/// and time expressed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
/// </summary>
/// <param name="lpSystemTime">[in] Pointer to a SYSTEMTIME structure that
/// contains the current system date and time.</param>
[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
public extern static uint SetSystemTime(ref SYSTEMTIME lpSystemTime);
static void Main()
{ Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToString());
SYSTEMTIME st = new SYSTEMTIME();
GetSystemTime(ref st);
Console.WriteLine("Adding 1 hour...");
st.wHour = (ushort)(st.wHour + 1 % 24);
if (SetSystemTime(ref st) == 0)
Console.WriteLine("FAILURE: SetSystemTime failed");
Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToString());
//Console.WriteLine("Setting time back...");
//st.wHour = (ushort)(st.wHour - 1 % 24);
//SetSystemTime(ref st);
//Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToString());
//Console.WriteLine("Press Enter to exit");
//Console.Read();
}
}
}
You may need admin permissions on your machine to change system time,
so make sure you run the solution in admin mode