using System;

using Newtonsoft.Json;

using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;

using System.IO;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        string json = "{ \"theTime\":\"2014-11-20T07:15:11-0500\" }";

        using (var sr = new StringReader(json))

        using (var reader = new JsonTextReader(sr))

        {

            JsonSerializer serializer = new JsonSerializer();

            serializer.DateParseHandling = DateParseHandling.DateTimeOffset;

            JObject data = serializer.Deserialize<JObject>(reader);

            DateTimeOffset offset = (DateTimeOffset)data["theTime"];

            Console.WriteLine("Offset: {0}", offset.Offset);

            Console.WriteLine("DateTime: {0}", offset.DateTime);

        }

    }

}