DateTime.Parse(“2012-09-30T23:00:00.0000000Z”) always converts to DateTimeKind.Local

Question

I want to parse a string that represent a DateTime in UTC format.

My string representation includes the Zulu time specification which should indicate that the string

Answer 1

Use the TimeZoneInfo class using the following:

var myDate = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeToUtc(DateTime.Parse("2012-09-30T23:00:00.0000000Z"));