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Nick Chapsas July 21, 2025 26s

DateTime.UtcNow is Bad

Summary

The transcript discusses efficient time stamping techniques for developers, focusing on performance considerations in coding. It highlights that the commonly used Daytime.UDTC method involves system calls which can introduce significant overhead in high-frequency code or tight loops. The practical recommendation is to use Stopwatch.GetTimeStamp as a more performant alternative for generating time stamps in performance-critical scenarios.

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