Ensure DateTime.Parse() treats Date's as UTC when JsConfig.AssumeUtc=true;

Author: mythz

src/ServiceStack.Text/Common/DateTimeSerializer.cs

@@ -79,7 +79,11 @@ public static DateTime ParseShortestXsdDateTime(string dateTimeStr)
             if (dateTimeStr.Length == DefaultDateTimeFormat.Length
                 || dateTimeStr.Length == DefaultDateTimeFormatWithFraction.Length)
             {
-                return DateTime.Parse(dateTimeStr, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture).Prepare();
+                var unspecifiedDate = DateTime.Parse(dateTimeStr, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+                if (JsConfig.AssumeUtc)
+                    unspecifiedDate = DateTime.SpecifyKind(unspecifiedDate, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+
+                return unspecifiedDate.Prepare();
             }
 
             switch (JsConfig.DateHandler)

tests/ServiceStack.Text.Tests/Utils/DateTimeSerializerTests.cs

@@ -354,6 +354,22 @@ public void DateTime_Is_Serialized_As_Utc_and_Deserialized_as_local()
             }
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void Does_parse_as_UTC()
+        {
+            JsConfig.AssumeUtc = true;
+
+            var dateStr = "2014-08-27 14:30:23";
+            var dateTime = dateStr.FromJson<DateTime>();
+
+            Assert.That(dateTime.Kind, Is.EqualTo(DateTimeKind.Utc));
+            Assert.That(dateTime.Hour, Is.EqualTo(14));
+            Assert.That(dateTime.Minute, Is.EqualTo(30));
+            Assert.That(dateTime.Second, Is.EqualTo(23));
+
+            JsConfig.Reset();
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void Can_serialize_nullable_DateTime()
         {