Can you tell JSON.Net to serialize DateTime as Utc even if unspecified?

Question

Dates in my database are stored as Utc. But when I retreieve them w/ the entity framework they come out as type unspecified.

When JSON.Net serializes them they are n

Answer 1

I used the accepted answer however applied to the default settings:

        JsonConvert.DefaultSettings = (() =>
        {
            var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings();
            settings.Converters.Add(new StringEnumConverter());
            settings.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
            settings.DateTimeZoneHandling = DateTimeZoneHandling.Utc;
            return settings;
        });