diff --git a/src/Examples/JsonApiDotNetCoreExample/Models/TodoItem.cs b/src/Examples/JsonApiDotNetCoreExample/Models/TodoItem.cs
index a0bdacea08..4683a54b95 100644
--- a/src/Examples/JsonApiDotNetCoreExample/Models/TodoItem.cs
+++ b/src/Examples/JsonApiDotNetCoreExample/Models/TodoItem.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using JsonApiDotNetCore.Models;
 
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ public TodoItem()
         [Attr("achieved-date", isFilterable: false, isSortable: false)]
         public DateTime? AchievedDate { get; set; }
 
-
         [Attr("updated-date")]
         public DateTime? UpdatedDate { get; set; }
 
-
-
+        [Attr("offset-date")]
+        public DateTimeOffset? OffsetDate { get; set; }
+ 
         public int? OwnerId { get; set; }
         public int? AssigneeId { get; set; }
         public Guid? CollectionId { get; set; }
diff --git a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/JsonApiDeSerializer.cs b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/JsonApiDeSerializer.cs
index ac4b4f2438..4e3beaaf81 100644
--- a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/JsonApiDeSerializer.cs
+++ b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/JsonApiDeSerializer.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
 using JsonApiDotNetCore.Extensions;
@@ -36,8 +37,12 @@ public object Deserialize(string requestBody)
         {
             try
             {
-                var bodyJToken = JToken.Parse(requestBody);
-
+                JToken bodyJToken;
+                using (JsonReader jsonReader = new JsonTextReader(new StringReader(requestBody)))
+                {
+                    jsonReader.DateParseHandling = DateParseHandling.None;
+                    bodyJToken = JToken.Load(jsonReader);
+                }
                 if (RequestIsOperation(bodyJToken))
                 {
                     _jsonApiContext.IsBulkOperationRequest = true;
diff --git a/test/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests/Acceptance/TodoItemsControllerTests.cs b/test/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests/Acceptance/TodoItemsControllerTests.cs
index 69bcccb2a2..d28a6bd918 100644
--- a/test/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests/Acceptance/TodoItemsControllerTests.cs
+++ b/test/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests/Acceptance/TodoItemsControllerTests.cs
@@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ public async Task Can_Post_TodoItem()
             _context.SaveChanges();
 
             var todoItem = _todoItemFaker.Generate();
+            var nowOffset = new DateTimeOffset();
             var content = new
             {
                 data = new
@@ -461,7 +462,8 @@ public async Task Can_Post_TodoItem()
                     {
                         { "description", todoItem.Description },
                         { "ordinal", todoItem.Ordinal },
-                        { "created-date", todoItem.CreatedDate }
+                        { "created-date", todoItem.CreatedDate },
+                        { "offset-date", nowOffset }
                     },
                     relationships = new
                     {
@@ -494,6 +496,7 @@ public async Task Can_Post_TodoItem()
             Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.Created, response.StatusCode);
             Assert.Equal(todoItem.Description, deserializedBody.Description);
             Assert.Equal(todoItem.CreatedDate.ToString("G"), deserializedBody.CreatedDate.ToString("G"));
+            Assert.Equal(nowOffset.ToString("yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssK"), deserializedBody.OffsetDate?.ToString("yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssK"));
             Assert.Null(deserializedBody.AchievedDate);
         }