using System;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        DateTime dateValue;

        string dateString = "2/16/2008";

      try {

         dateValue = DateTime.Parse(dateString);

         Console.WriteLine("'{0}' converted to {1}.", dateString, dateValue);

         Console.WriteLine("what is my datetime kind {0}", dateValue.Kind); 

         // Change the Kind property of the current moment to

         // DateTimeKind.Utc and display the result.

​

        var testSpecifyKind = DateTime.SpecifyKind(dateValue, DateTimeKind.Utc);

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

        var testToUtc = DateTime.Parse(dateString).ToUniversalTime();

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

      }

      catch (FormatException) {

         Console.WriteLine("Unable to convert '{0}'.", dateString);

      }

    }

}