c# - How to deserialize "2015-02-02" to DateTimeOffset as UTC? -

is possible tell json.net deserialize '2012-07-19' datetimeoffset value 0 offset?

code example reproduce:

public class singledatetimefield {     public datetimeoffset startdatetime { get; set; } }  [test] public void convert() {     // given     var content = @"{""startdatetime"":""2012-07-19""}";     var jsonserializersettings = new jsonserializersettings()     {         dateformathandling = dateformathandling.isodateformat,         dateparsehandling = dateparsehandling.datetimeoffset,         datetimezonehandling = datetimezonehandling.utc     };      // when     var obj = jsonconvert.deserializeobject<singledatetimefield>(content, jsonserializersettings);      //     var expected = new datetimeoffset(2012, 07, 19, 0, 0, 0, timespan.zero);     assert.that(obj.startdatetime, is.equalto(expected));  } 

this fails with

expected: 2012-07-19 00:00:00.000+00:00
was: 2012-07-19 00:00:00.000+03:00

note timezone +03:00

update:

i can working using specialized converter (example below), isnt setting datetimezonehandling = datetimezonehandling.utc supposed convert utc? assumeutc converter should not required.

public class assumeutc : isodatetimeconverter {     public assumeutc()     {         datetimestyles = system.globalization.datetimestyles.assumeuniversal;     } }  public class singledatetimefield {     [jsonconverter(typeof(assumeutc))]     public datetimeoffset startdatetime { get; set; } }