Linq to SQL DateTime values are local (Kind=Unspecified) - How do I make it UTC?

Question

Isn\'t there a (simple) way to tell Linq To SQL classes that a particular DateTime property should be considered as UTC (i.e. having the Kind property of the DateTime type t

Answer 1

I use this way to specify the DateTimeKind on the fly:

DateTime myDateTime = new DateTime(((DateTime)myUtcValueFromDb).Ticks, DateTimeKind.Utc);