datetimeoffset

The following statement prints "1/1/0001 4:00:00 PM -05:00" Console.WriteLine(JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<DateTimeOffset>("\"0001-01-01T16:00:00\"")); This is because when json.net deserializes a DateTime string (which doesn't have an offset) to a DateTimeOffset object, it assigns the local offset, which in this case is -05:00. What if I don't want to use the local offset? Is there any way I can specify an offset to use for this deserialization? (The use case is the database server and the web server are in different time zones, and I need the incoming requests that have zone-unspecified

I can't make NHibernate successfully map the native oracle "TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE" type to the CLR DateTimeOffset type. It seems that Oracle chose to completely ignore the native DateTimeOffset type and is using their own proprietary type (OracleTimeStampTZ) in their ADO.NET provider. Since NHibernate is using native CLR types (like the DateTimeOffset type) - the Oracle ADO.NET provider fails any attempt to insert a row with such a type. Do any of you have an idea how this issue can be solved ? I have to use the DateTimeOffset type since I need to record the timezone/daylight-saving offset

I want to store a a c# DateTimeOffset value in a SQL Server 2005 database. Sql 2008 has this as a built-in-type, but SQL Server 2005 does not. The DateTimeOffset structure has a DateTime value wich I store as DateTime, an an Offset property (of type TimeSpan). Since this is the time zone relative to UTC, presumably it is usally at a whole number of hours or half-hours. Suggestions on how best to store this in a SQL Server 2005 database? It's not a good idea to assume that an offset is a number of hours or half-hours - there are certainly quarter-hour timezones around. Using milliseconds for

I'm using QuickBooks Web Connector to pull employee records out of QuickBooks Desktop on a Windows 8.1 machine using QBXML requests. Is there a reason the TimeModified time stamps are returning an offset that does not account for Daylight Savings time? Is there a way to get the current time on the host system? It is currently returning "2014-03-27T14:20:53-05:00" for TimeModified, even though the current timezone is set to Eastern Time with "Adjust for Daylight Savings Time" enabled. The offset should be -04:00. The QBXML request: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <?qbxml version="12.0"?>

I am trying to convert DateTime.MinValue to a DateTimeOffset value but am getting an ArgumentOutOfRange exception. I was looking at the the MSDN article on implicit conversions of DateTime to DateTimeOffset and the Exception section states that I'll receive this ArgumentOutOfRange exception when; ... The Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) date and time that results from applying the offset is earlier than MinValue. ... Why then does the following code throw the exception; DateTime test = DateTime.MinValue; DateTimeOffset dto = test; Is it simply due to my timezone? I am in GMT +8, but my