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

You can use the following format for parser method: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.ffffffK

This shall properly process time zone information at the end (starting from .NET 2.0).

RE: ISO 8601