# Kernel - NKS0025

This analyzer provides the following strings:

<table><thead><tr><th width="174">Context</th><th>String</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Error List</td><td>Caller uses <code>TimeDateTools.KernelDateTime.ToString</code> instead of <code>TimeDateRenderers.RenderTime()</code></td></tr><tr><td>Suggestion Box</td><td>Use <code>TimeDateRenderers.RenderTime()</code> instead of <code>TimeDateTools.KernelDateTime.ToString</code></td></tr><tr><td>Description</td><td><code>TimeDateRenderers.RenderTime()</code> respects your kernel settings when rendering time.</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Extended Description

This code analyzer detects the usage of `KernelDateTime.ToString` from the `TimeDateTools` class found in the `KS.Kernel.Time` namespace.

`TimeDateTools.KernelDateTime` contains an override to a function that converts that instance of the current date and time to its string representation. However, there is a function dedicated to that, called `Render()` and its siblings, that renders your target time to its equivalent string representation and also respects your kernel settings.

Similarly, `TimeDateTools.KernelDateTimeUtc` has been given the same treatment, because you can also use the `RenderUtc()` function and its siblings.

### Analysis Comparison

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#### Before the fix

<pre class="language-csharp" data-title="Somewhere in your mod code..." data-line-numbers><code class="lang-csharp">public static void MyFunction()
{
<strong>    string value = TimeDateTools.KernelDateTime.ToString();
</strong>}
</code></pre>

#### After the fix

<pre class="language-csharp" data-title="Somewhere in your mod code..." data-line-numbers><code class="lang-csharp">public static void MyFunction()
{
<strong>    string value = TimeDateRenderers.RenderTime();
</strong>}
</code></pre>

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