Serializing a DataType="time" field using XmlSerializer

I'm getting an odd result when serializing a DateTime field using XmlSerializer. I have the following class: ``` public class RecordExample { [XmlElement("TheTime", DataType = "time")] public DateTime TheTime { get; set; } [XmlElement("TheDate", DataType = "date")] public DateTime TheDate { get; set; } public static bool Serialize( Stream stream, object obj, Type objType, Encoding encoding) { try { var settings = new XmlWriterSettings { Encoding = encoding }; using (var writer = XmlWriter.Create(stream, settings)) { var xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(objType); if (writer != null) xmlSerializer.Serialize(writer, obj); } return true; } catch (Exception) { return false; } } } ``` When i call the use the XmlSerializer with the following testing code: ``` var obj = new RecordExample { TheDate = DateTime.Now.Date, TheTime = new DateTime(0001, 1, 1, 12, 00, 00) }; var ms = new MemoryStream(); RecordExample.Serialize(ms, obj, typeof(RecordExample), Encoding.UTF8); txtSource2.Text = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(ms.ToArray()); ``` I get some strange results, here's the xml that is produced: ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <RecordExample xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"> <TheTime>12:00:00.0000000+00:00</TheTime> <TheDate>2010-03-08</TheDate> </RecordExample> ``` Any idea's how i can get the "TheTime" element to contain a time which looks more like this: ``` <TheTime>12:00:00.0Z</TheTime> ``` ...as that's what i was expecting? Thanks Dave