How to ignore timezone of DateTime in .NET WCF client?

Question

WCF client is receiving a Date value from a Java web service where the date sent to the client in XML is :

2010-05-10+14:00         


        

Answer 1

Try this

DateTime newDate = DateTime.SpecifyKind(oldDate, DateTimeKind.Unspecified);

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Related links

http://daveonsoftware.blogspot.com/2008/07/wcf-datetime-field-adjusted.html

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/wcf/thread/36ae825a-ffc6-4ac3-9981-c82692039d58

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