ConvertToUtc() public method

public ConvertToUtc ( System.DateTime localDateTime, string timeZoneId, ZoneLocalMappingResolver resolver = null ) : System.DateTime
localDateTime System.DateTime
timeZoneId string
resolver ZoneLocalMappingResolver
return System.DateTime
        public void Round_Trip_Utc_From_Time()
        {
            var tzHelper = new TimeZoneHelper(new DateTimeZoneCache(TzdbDateTimeZoneSource.Default));

            var localTime = DateTime.Parse("09/03/2016 1:46 PM"); // central time but local time is eastern 2:26

            Assert.True(localTime.Kind == DateTimeKind.Unspecified);
            Assert.True(localTime.Hour == 13);
            Assert.True(localTime.Minute == 46);

            var helperUtc = tzHelper.ConvertToUtc(localTime, "America/Chicago");
            var serialized = helperUtc.ToString("O");
            Assert.True(serialized == "2016-09-03T18:46:00.0000000Z");

            var localTime2 = DateTime.Parse(serialized); //parsed with TZ convert to local system time which is eastern
            Assert.True(localTime2.Kind == DateTimeKind.Local);
            Assert.True(localTime2.Hour == 14); // local is eastern time so 1 hour later
            Assert.True(localTime2.Minute == 46);



            var helperLocal = tzHelper.ConvertToLocalTime(helperUtc, "America/New_York");

            Assert.True(helperLocal.Kind == DateTimeKind.Unspecified);
            Assert.True(helperLocal.Hour == 14); // should be 1 hour later in NY
            Assert.True(helperLocal.Minute == 46);

            //"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.fffffff'Z'"
            var parsedUtc = DateTime.ParseExact(serialized,
                                       "O",
                                       CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
                                       DateTimeStyles.AssumeUniversal |
                                       DateTimeStyles.AdjustToUniversal);

            Assert.True(parsedUtc.Kind == DateTimeKind.Utc);
            Assert.True(parsedUtc.Hour == 18); // same is in serialzed string ie utc
            Assert.True(parsedUtc.Minute == 46);


        }
        public void Resolves_Correct_Utc_From_Time()
        {
            var tzHelper = new TimeZoneHelper(new DateTimeZoneCache(TzdbDateTimeZoneSource.Default));

            var utcNow = DateTime.UtcNow;

            var easternTzBcl = TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById("Eastern Standard Time");
            var bclLocal = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTime(DateTime.SpecifyKind(utcNow, DateTimeKind.Utc), easternTzBcl);
            //var bclLocal = DateTime.SpecifyKind(
            //    TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTime(DateTime.SpecifyKind(utcNow, DateTimeKind.Utc), easternTzBcl),
            //    DateTimeKind.Local);

            var helperUtc = tzHelper.ConvertToUtc(bclLocal, "America/New_York");

            Assert.True(utcNow.Year == helperUtc.Year);
            Assert.True(utcNow.Month == helperUtc.Month);
            Assert.True(utcNow.Day == helperUtc.Day);
            Assert.True(utcNow.Hour == helperUtc.Hour);
            Assert.True(utcNow.Minute == helperUtc.Minute);
            Assert.True(utcNow.Second == helperUtc.Second);
            Assert.True(utcNow.Millisecond == helperUtc.Millisecond);
            Assert.True(utcNow.Kind == DateTimeKind.Utc);
            Assert.True(helperUtc.Kind == DateTimeKind.Utc);

        }