using System;

using System.IO;

using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;

​

namespace Test

{

    public class Program

    {

        public static void Main(string[] args)

        {

            // any zone here, don't care what it is

            var zone = TimeZoneInfo.GetSystemTimeZones()[0];            

            var formatter = new BinaryFormatter();

            using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream())

            {

                formatter.Serialize(stream, zone);

                stream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);

                var result = formatter.Deserialize(stream);

                Console.WriteLine("all ok");

            }

        }

    }

}