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Current UTC Date/Time.

  public dateTime NowUTC()

Returns

dateTime

Remarks

NowUTC() does not require logging into the system. This API allows the developer to test connectivity and easily obtain UTC time.

Code Example

using System.Xml;
using System.Web.Services.Protocols;
using ECGridService = <ProjectName>.net.ecgridos;

try
{
    using (ECGridService.ECGridOSAPIv3 ECGrid = new ECGridService.ECGridOSAPIv3())
    {
        try
        {

            DateTime CurrentUTCDate = ECGrid.NowUTC();

        }
        catch (SoapException SoapEx)
        {
            // See SOAP Exceptions in the Appendix
            var ECG_Ex = CatchException(SoapEx);
            Console.WriteLine($"ECGridOS Soap Exception: {ECG_Ex.ErrorCode} , Item: {ECG_Ex.ErrorItem}, Message: {ECG_Ex.ErrorMessage}, String: {ECG_Ex.ErrorString}");
        }
    } // END USING
}
catch (Exception ex){ Console.WriteLine("Unhandled Exception: " + ex.ToString()); }

SOAP 1.1

The following is a sample SOAP 1.1 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /v4.1/prod/ECGridOS.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: os.ecgrid.io
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
SOAPAction: "https://os.ecgrid.io/NowUTC"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <NowUTC xmlns="https://os.ecgrid.io/" />
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <NowUTCResponse xmlns="https://os.ecgrid.io/">
      <NowUTCResult>dateTime</NowUTCResult>
    </NowUTCResponse>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

SOAP 1.2

The following is a sample SOAP 1.2 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /v4.1/prod/ECGridOS.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: os.ecgrid.io
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body>
    <NowUTC xmlns="https://os.ecgrid.io/" />
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body>
    <NowUTCResponse xmlns="https://os.ecgrid.io/">
      <NowUTCResult>dateTime</NowUTCResult>
    </NowUTCResponse>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>

HTTP GET

The following is a sample HTTP GET request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

GET /v4.1/prod/ECGridOS.asmx/NowUTC? HTTP/1.1
Host: os.ecgrid.io

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<dateTime xmlns="https://os.ecgrid.io/">dateTime</dateTime>

HTTP POST

The following is a sample HTTP POST request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /v4.1/prod/ECGridOS.asmx/NowUTC HTTP/1.1
Host: os.ecgrid.io
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: length

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<dateTime xmlns="https://os.ecgrid.io/">dateTime</dateTime>

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