diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Bson/BsonWriterTests.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Bson/BsonWriterTests.cs
index 58fe2758..f84dc048 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Bson/BsonWriterTests.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Bson/BsonWriterTests.cs
@@ -664,5 +664,21 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Bson
         }
       });
     }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void DateTimeZoneHandling()
+    {
+      MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
+      JsonWriter writer = new BsonWriter(ms)
+      {
+        DateTimeZoneHandling = Json.DateTimeZoneHandling.Utc
+      };
+
+      writer.WriteStartArray();
+      writer.WriteValue(new DateTime(2000, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, DateTimeKind.Unspecified));
+      writer.WriteEndArray();
+
+      Assert.AreEqual("10-00-00-00-09-30-00-C8-88-07-6B-DC-00-00-00-00", (BitConverter.ToString(ms.ToArray())));
+    }
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/JsonConvertTest.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/JsonConvertTest.cs
index ad0f37a9..ee34d5ba 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/JsonConvertTest.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/JsonConvertTest.cs
@@ -751,5 +751,18 @@ now brown cow?", '"', true);
       Assert.AreEqual("Existing,Appended", p.Name);
     }
 #endif
+
+    [Test]
+    public void SerializeObjectDateTimeZoneHandling()
+    {
+      string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(
+        new DateTime(2000, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, DateTimeKind.Unspecified),
+        new JsonSerializerSettings
+        {
+          DateTimeZoneHandling = DateTimeZoneHandling.Utc
+        });
+
+      Assert.AreEqual(@"""2000-01-01T01:01:01Z""", json);
+    }
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/JsonTextWriterTest.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/JsonTextWriterTest.cs
index e9af6811..a1f2148f 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/JsonTextWriterTest.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/JsonTextWriterTest.cs
@@ -824,5 +824,19 @@ _____'propertyName': NaN
         }
       }
     }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void DateTimeZoneHandling()
+    {
+      StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+      JsonTextWriter writer = new JsonTextWriter(sw)
+        {
+          DateTimeZoneHandling = Json.DateTimeZoneHandling.Utc
+        };
+
+      writer.WriteValue(new DateTime(2000, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, DateTimeKind.Unspecified));
+
+      Assert.AreEqual(@"""2000-01-01T01:01:01Z""", sw.ToString());
+    }
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Linq/JTokenWriterTest.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Linq/JTokenWriterTest.cs
index 3c360a8f..24eb6c55 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Linq/JTokenWriterTest.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Linq/JTokenWriterTest.cs
@@ -174,5 +174,21 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Linq
   fail
 ]", writer.Token.ToString());
     }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void DateTimeZoneHandling()
+    {
+      JTokenWriter writer = new JTokenWriter
+      {
+        DateTimeZoneHandling = Json.DateTimeZoneHandling.Utc
+      };
+
+      writer.WriteValue(new DateTime(2000, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, DateTimeKind.Unspecified));
+
+      JValue value = (JValue) writer.Token;
+      DateTime dt = (DateTime)value.Value;
+
+      Assert.AreEqual(new DateTime(2000, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, DateTimeKind.Utc), dt);
+    }
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index c7cf16d0..465543f5 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -72,5 +72,5 @@ using System.Security;
 // by using the '*' as shown below:
 [assembly: AssemblyVersion("4.5.0.0")]
 #if !PocketPC
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("4.5.2.14814")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("4.5.3.14817")]
 #endif
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/SerializationErrorHandlingTests.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/SerializationErrorHandlingTests.cs
index c342c524..d817b4db 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/SerializationErrorHandlingTests.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/SerializationErrorHandlingTests.cs
@@ -338,6 +338,29 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Serialization
       Assert.AreEqual("[0] - 0 - Could not convert string to integer: a. Line 1, position 4.", errors[0]);
       Assert.AreEqual("[1] - 1 - Could not convert string to integer: b. Line 1, position 8.", errors[1]);
     }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void ErrorHandlingAndAvoidingRecursiveDepthError()
+    {
+      string json = "{'A':{'A':{'A':{'A':{'A':{}}}}}}";
+      JsonSerializer serializer = new JsonSerializer() { };
+      IList<string> errors = new List<string>();
+      serializer.Error += (sender, e) =>
+      {
+        e.ErrorContext.Handled = true;
+        errors.Add(e.ErrorContext.Path);
+      };
+
+      serializer.Deserialize<Nest>(new JsonTextReader(new StringReader(json)) { MaxDepth = 3 });
+
+      Assert.AreEqual(1, errors.Count);
+      Assert.AreEqual("A.A.A", errors[0]);
+    }
+
+    public class Nest
+    {
+      public Nest A { get; set; }
+    }
   }
 
   [JsonObject]
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Bson/BsonWriter.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Bson/BsonWriter.cs
index b8e07384..e595009c 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Bson/BsonWriter.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Bson/BsonWriter.cs
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Bson
     public override void WriteValue(DateTime value)
     {
       base.WriteValue(value);
+      value = JsonConvert.EnsureDateTime(value, DateTimeZoneHandling);
       AddValue(value, BsonType.Date);
     }
 
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonTextWriter.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonTextWriter.cs
index 70415a6f..11437865 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonTextWriter.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonTextWriter.cs
@@ -436,9 +436,8 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json
     /// <param name="value">The <see cref="DateTime"/> value to write.</param>
     public override void WriteValue(DateTime value)
     {
-      
-
       base.WriteValue(value);
+      value = JsonConvert.EnsureDateTime(value, DateTimeZoneHandling);
       JsonConvert.WriteDateTimeString(_writer, value, DateFormatHandling);
     }
 
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Linq/JTokenWriter.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Linq/JTokenWriter.cs
index 2f89269e..a9d52b8f 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Linq/JTokenWriter.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Linq/JTokenWriter.cs
@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Linq
     public override void WriteValue(DateTime value)
     {
       base.WriteValue(value);
+      value = JsonConvert.EnsureDateTime(value, DateTimeZoneHandling);
       AddValue(value, JsonToken.Date);
     }
 
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index 74e793c5..37ae3b9a 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ using System.Security;
 // by using the '*' as shown below:
 [assembly: AssemblyVersion("4.5.0.0")]
 #if !PocketPC
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("4.5.2.14814")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("4.5.3.14817")]
 #endif
 
 [assembly: CLSCompliant(true)]
diff --git a/Tools/NuGet/NuGet.exe b/Tools/NuGet/NuGet.exe
index 34ad49b4..79482f60 100644
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