using System.Globalization;
namespace ConsoleApplication4 {
public static void Main(string[] args) {
string data = @"2015-02-24T01:00:01-01:00";
WriteLine(DateTime.ParseExact(data, "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:sszzz", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
WriteLine(DateTime.Parse(data));
WriteLine((DateTime?)Convert.ChangeType(data, Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(typeof(DateTime?))));
WriteLine((DateTime)Convert.ChangeType(data, typeof(DateTime)));