>>I have this method to detect if the server running the application is within a Dayling Saving Time period or not:
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>>        ' Return if we are during summer time or not
>>        Public Function IsDaylightSavingTime() As Boolean
>>            Dim ldDateServer As DateTime = DateTime.Now
>>            Dim llDaylightSaveTime As Boolean = ldDateServer.IsDaylightSavingTime()
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>>            Return llDaylightSaveTime
>>        End Function
>>

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>>Then, I can use this result to establish a proper one hour offset to show the datetime in the proper format for the user.
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>>Javascript has a Date.getTimezoneOffset() function which returns the number of offset minutes from GMT. And, that is dynamic as per DST. So, I was wondering, instead of using the above .NET method to detect if we are or not within a DST period, which is then used to adjust the datetime for calculation, would there be a similar way as the javascript function to simply get the number of offset minutes from GMT as is from .NET? That would simplify some logics I have.

Dim result As Double = (DateTime.Now - DateTime.UtcNow).TotalMinutes

(assuming you are not worried about the elapsed ticks between retrieving the two values :-} )