public static class TimeZoneInfoHelper
    {
        public static TimeSpan FindUtcOffsetByTimeZone(TimeZoneInfo timeZone)
        {
            var converted = FindCurrentDateTimeByTimeZoneInfo(timeZone);
 
            return converted.HasValue ? timeZone.GetUtcOffset(converted.Value) : TimeSpan.Zero;
        }
 

<Extension()> _
Public Function GetBindingInfo(ByVal DataLayoutControl As DataLayoutControl, _
                               Optional ByVal ExcludePropetries As String = "") As List(Of DataLayoutBindingInfo)
    Dim bh As New LayoutElementsBindingInfoHelper(DataLayoutControl)
    Dim info As LayoutElementsBindingInfo = bh.CreateDataLayoutElementsBindingInfo
    GetBindingInfo = (From x As LayoutElementBindingInfo In info.GetAllBindings _
                      Where (Not x.DataInfo.Name.ToUpper.EqualsAny(ExcludeNames)) _
                      And (Not x.DataInfo.Name.ToUpper.EqualsAny(ExcludePropetries)) _
                      Select New DataLayoutBindingInfo(x.DataInfo.Name, x.DataInfo.Caption, x.Visible, x.EditorType)).ToList
End Function