DateTime.ParseExact, Ignore the timezone

Question

If I have a date such as 2011-05-05T11:35:47.743-04:00

How can I ignore the timezone (-04:00) when I do a DateTime.ParseExact programatically?

Answer 1

DateTimeOffset dt =DateTimeOffset.Parse("2011-05-05T11:35:47.743-04:00", null);