using System;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

      Console.WriteLine("CST Time " + ConvertToLocalTime("2017-01-24 08:00:00"));

    }

    private static DateTime ConvertToLocalTime(string datetimestring)

    {

        DateTime localTime = DateTime.Parse(datetimestring);

        var timeUtc = DateTime.SpecifyKind(localTime, DateTimeKind.Utc);

        Console.WriteLine("UTC time:" + timeUtc);

        TimeZoneInfo cstZone = TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById("Central Standard Time");

        DateTime cstTime = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeFromUtc(timeUtc, cstZone);

        return cstTime;

    }

}