diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Converters/IsoDateTimeConverterTests.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Converters/IsoDateTimeConverterTests.cs
index 5dbb8c27..3345423b 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Converters/IsoDateTimeConverterTests.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Converters/IsoDateTimeConverterTests.cs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Converters
 
       d = new DateTime(2000, 12, 15, 22, 11, 3, 55, DateTimeKind.Local);
       result = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(d, converter);
-      Assert.AreEqual(@"""2000-12-15T22:11:03.055" + d.GetLocalOffset() + @"""", result);
+      Assert.AreEqual(@"""2000-12-15T22:11:03.055" + d.GetUtcOffsetText() + @"""", result);
     }
 
     [Test]
@@ -272,13 +272,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Converters
       c.DateTimeField = new DateTime(2008, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
       string json2 = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(c, new IsoDateTimeConverter() { DateTimeStyles = DateTimeStyles.AssumeUniversal });
 
-      TimeSpan offset;
-
-#if SILVERLIGHT
-      offset = TimeZoneInfo.Local.GetUtcOffset(localDateTime);
-#else
-      offset = TimeZone.CurrentTimeZone.GetUtcOffset(localDateTime);
-#endif
+      TimeSpan offset = localDateTime.GetUtcOffset();
 
       // if the current timezone is utc then local already equals utc
       if (offset == TimeSpan.Zero)
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/TestFixtureBase.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/TestFixtureBase.cs
index 4953f99a..7560f02f 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/TestFixtureBase.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/TestFixtureBase.cs
@@ -44,13 +44,6 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests
       //Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = turkey;
     }
 
-    //public string GetOffset(DateTime value)
-    //{
-    //  TimeSpan utcOffset = TimeZone.CurrentTimeZone.GetUtcOffset(value.ToLocalTime());
-
-    //  return utcOffset.Hours.ToString("+00;-00") + utcOffset.Minutes.ToString("00;00");
-    //}
-
     protected void WriteEscapedJson(string json)
     {
       Console.WriteLine(EscapeJson(json));
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonConvert.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonConvert.cs
index 736d6dad..5697d5fc 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonConvert.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonConvert.cs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json
     {
       using (StringWriter writer = StringUtils.CreateStringWriter(64))
       {
-        WriteDateTimeString(writer, value, GetUtcOffset(value), value.Kind);
+        WriteDateTimeString(writer, value, value.GetUtcOffset(), value.Kind);
         return writer.ToString();
       }
     }
@@ -108,18 +108,9 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json
     }
 #endif
 
-    private static TimeSpan GetUtcOffset(DateTime dateTime)
-    {
-#if SILVERLIGHT
-      return TimeZoneInfo.Local.GetUtcOffset(dateTime);
-#else
-      return TimeZone.CurrentTimeZone.GetUtcOffset(dateTime);
-#endif
-    }
-
     internal static void WriteDateTimeString(TextWriter writer, DateTime value)
     {
-      WriteDateTimeString(writer, value, GetUtcOffset(value), value.Kind);
+      WriteDateTimeString(writer, value, value.GetUtcOffset(), value.Kind);
     }
 
     internal static void WriteDateTimeString(TextWriter writer, DateTime value, TimeSpan offset, DateTimeKind kind)
@@ -154,7 +145,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json
       if (dateTime.Kind == DateTimeKind.Utc)
         return dateTime.Ticks;
 
-      return ToUniversalTicks(dateTime, GetUtcOffset(dateTime));
+      return ToUniversalTicks(dateTime, dateTime.GetUtcOffset());
     }
 
     private static long ToUniversalTicks(DateTime dateTime, TimeSpan offset)
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Utilities/DateTimeUtils.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Utilities/DateTimeUtils.cs
index 21100cd8..bf037132 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Utilities/DateTimeUtils.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Utilities/DateTimeUtils.cs
@@ -9,18 +9,22 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Utilities
 {
   internal static class DateTimeUtils
   {
-    public static string GetLocalOffset(this DateTime d)
+    public static string GetUtcOffsetText(this DateTime d)
     {
-      TimeSpan utcOffset;
-#if PocketPC || NET20
-      utcOffset = TimeZone.CurrentTimeZone.GetUtcOffset(d);
-#else
-      utcOffset = TimeZoneInfo.Local.GetUtcOffset(d);
-#endif
+      TimeSpan utcOffset = d.GetUtcOffset();
 
       return utcOffset.Hours.ToString("+00;-00", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) + ":" + utcOffset.Minutes.ToString("00;00", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
     }
 
+    public static TimeSpan GetUtcOffset(this DateTime d)
+    {
+#if PocketPC || NET20
+      return TimeZone.CurrentTimeZone.GetUtcOffset(d);
+#else
+      return TimeZoneInfo.Local.GetUtcOffset(d);
+#endif
+    }
+
     public static XmlDateTimeSerializationMode ToSerializationMode(DateTimeKind kind)
     {
       switch (kind)