How can I XML Serialize a DateTimeOffset Property?

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It’s a few years late, but here’s the quick and easy way to completely serialize DateTimeOffset using ISO 8601:

[XmlElement("lastUpdatedTime")]
public string lastUpdatedTimeForXml // format: 2011-11-11T15:05:46.4733406+01:00
{
   get { return lastUpdatedTime.ToString("o"); } // o = yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.fffffffzzz
   set { lastUpdatedTime = DateTimeOffset.Parse(value); } 
}
[XmlIgnore] 
public DateTimeOffset lastUpdatedTime;

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