2003-02-28 Elan Feingold <efeingold@mn.rr.com>

	* DateTime.cs: FileTime is expressed in Universal time, and as such must
	be converted before subtracting the magic offset.
	* DateTime.cs: Strings in the format "2003-02-27T10:05:03-11:00" (note
	the timezone at the end) *must* be parsed by DateTime.Parse() for
	compatibility with Microsoft.

svn path=/trunk/mcs/; revision=12038

mcs/class/corlib/System/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2003-02-28  Elan Feingold  <efeingold@mn.rr.com>
+
+	* DateTime.cs: FileTime is expressed in Universal time, and as such must
+	be converted before subtracting the magic offset.
+	* DateTime.cs: Strings in the format "2003-02-27T10:05:03-11:00" (note
+	the timezone at the end) *must* be parsed by DateTime.Parse() for
+	compatibility with Microsoft.
+
 2003-02-24  Gonzalo Paniagua Javier <gonzalo@ximian.com>
 
 	* Attribute.cs:

mcs/class/corlib/System/DateTime.cs

@@ -486,6 +486,11 @@ public static DateTime Parse (string s, IFormatProvider fp)
 		public static DateTime Parse (string s, IFormatProvider fp, DateTimeStyles styles)
 		{
 			string[] formats = {
+				// For compatibility with MS's CLR, this format (which
+				// doesn't have a one-letter equivalent) is parsed
+				// too. It's important because it's used in XML
+				// serialization.
+				"yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:sszzz",
 				// Full date and time
 				"F", "G", "r", "s", "u", "U",
 				// Full date and time, but no seconds
@@ -987,11 +992,13 @@ public DateTime Subtract(TimeSpan ts)
 
 		public long ToFileTime()
 		{
-			if(ticks.Ticks < w32file_epoch) {
+			DateTime universalTime = ToUniversalTime();
+
+			if (universalTime.Ticks < w32file_epoch) {
 				throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("file time is not valid");
 			}
 
-			return(ticks.Ticks - w32file_epoch);
+			return(universalTime.Ticks - w32file_epoch);
 		}
 
 		public string ToLongDateString()