Is value of SecretProperties.ExpiresOn based on UTC time?

[Yomodo]

SecretProperties.ExpiresOn, from the documentation it is not clear if the value is based on UTC time,
as is the case with AuthenticationResult.ExpiresOn property.

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• ID: 50e33539-c1bd-dc07-006e-44c71967c2c7
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• Content: SecretProperties Class (Azure.Security.KeyVault.Secrets) - Azure for .NET Developers
• Content Source: xml/Azure.Security.KeyVault.Secrets/SecretProperties.xml
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[jsquire]

Thank you for your feedback. Tagging and routing to the team member best able to assist.

[heaths]

The service properties are, yes, but the property type - a DateTimeOffset - always has an associated time zone offset so whether you convert to local time or UTC time (the latter would be a no-op) it won't matter: you get the right date as originally based on the service time zone offset (UTC). This is why we use DateTimeOffset instead of DateTime, which may or may not have a timezone offset and can lead to ambiguities like this. See https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.datetimeoffset for details.

[ghost]

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[Yomodo]

@heaths Thank you for the clear explanation.