using System;

using System.Globalization;                 

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        string inputDateStr = "02/01/2017 10:00";

         Console.WriteLine(DateTimeOffset.Parse(inputDateStr).UtcDateTime);

DateTime inputDate;

if (DateTime.TryParseExact(inputDateStr, "MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out inputDate))

{

    Console.WriteLine("Date time Now  : {0} ", inputDate);

    Console.WriteLine("Date time UTC  : {0} ", inputDate.ToUniversalTime().ToString("ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss 'GMT'"));                

}

​

    }

}