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+namespace ServiceStack.Text.Tests
+{
+    using System;
+    using NUnit.Framework;
+
+    public class EntityWithDateTimeOffsetTests
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public void CanSerializableDateTimeOffsetField()
+        {
+            var expectedModel = new SampleModel { Id = 1, Date = new DateTimeOffset(2012, 6, 27, 11, 26, 04, 524, TimeSpan.FromHours(7)) };
+
+            var serializeModel = JsonSerializer.SerializeToString(expectedModel);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual("{\"Id\":1,\"Date\":\"\\/Date(1340771164524+0700)\\/\"}", serializeModel);
+
+            var deserializeModel = JsonSerializer.DeserializeFromString<SampleModel>(serializeModel);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(expectedModel.Id, deserializeModel.Id);
+            Assert.AreEqual(expectedModel.Date, deserializeModel.Date);
+        }
+
+        public class SampleModel
+        {
+            public int Id { get; set; }
+
+            public DateTimeOffset Date { get; set; }
+        }
+    }
+}