Parameters

first

The first object to compare.

second

The second object to compare.

Returns

A signed integer that indicates whether the value of the first parameter is earlier than, later than, or the same time as the value of the second parameter, as the following table shows.

Less than zero	first is earlier than second.
Zero	first is equal to second.
Greater than zero	first is later than second.

Remarks

In performing the comparison, the method converts both the first and the second parameters to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) before it performs the comparison. The method is equivalent to the following:

code reference: System.DateTimeOffset.Syntax#1

In other words, the DateTimeOffset.Compare(DateTimeOffset, DateTimeOffset) method determines whether two DateTimeOffset objects represent a single point in time. It directly compares neither dates and times nor offsets.

Requirements