using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using Newtonsoft.Json;

using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;

using Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization;

using NodaTime;

using NodaTime.Serialization.JsonNet;

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public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        JsonSerializerSettings _serializerSettings = new JsonSerializerSettings

        {

            //DateTimeZoneHandling = DateTimeZoneHandling.Utc,

            Converters = new List<JsonConverter> {new StringEnumConverter()}

        };//.ConfigureForNodaTime(NodaTime.DateTimeZoneProviders.Tzdb);

        var output = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<SampleOutput>("{\"DateOne\":\"2021-01-04T10:20:30.000\"}", _serializerSettings);

        Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Kind: {0}", output.DateOne.Kind.ToString()));

        // Unfortunately, this example won't work here since server is in UTC. Local is UTC

        var local = output.DateOne.ToLocalTime();

        Console.WriteLine(String.Format("To Local {0}", local.ToString()));

        var utc = output.DateOne.ToUniversalTime();

        Console.WriteLine(String.Format("To Local {0}", utc.ToString()));

    }

}

​

public class SampleOutput

{

    public DateTime DateOne {get;set;}

}

​