Convert UTC DateTime to DateTimeOffset

Question

I need to convert UTC date strings to DateTimeOffsets.

This must work with a timezone which differs from the computers timezone.

Answer 1

const String dateString = "2012-11-20T00:00:00Z"; 
var offsetDate = DateTimeOffset.Parse(dateString); 
var offsetDate2 = DateTime.Parse(dateString);

Output is

offsetDate  {20-11-2012 0:00:00 +00:00}    System.DateTimeOffset
offsetDate2 {20-11-2012 1:00:00}           System.DateTime