diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData/Edm/EdmPrimitiveHelper.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData/Edm/EdmPrimitiveHelper.cs
index 33e4cf031..7173891c6 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData/Edm/EdmPrimitiveHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData/Edm/EdmPrimitiveHelper.cs
@@ -105,8 +105,12 @@ public static object ConvertPrimitiveValue(object value, Type type, TimeZoneInfo
                 {
                     DateTimeOffset dateTimeOffsetValue = (DateTimeOffset)value;
                     TimeZoneInfo timeZone = timeZoneInfo ?? TimeZoneInfo.Local;
+
                     dateTimeOffsetValue = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTime(dateTimeOffsetValue, timeZone);
-                    return dateTimeOffsetValue.DateTime;
+
+                    DateTimeKind dateTimeKind = GetTargetDateTimeKind(timeZone);
+
+                    return DateTime.SpecifyKind(dateTimeOffsetValue.DateTime, dateTimeKind);
                 }
 
                 if (value is Date)
@@ -183,4 +187,15 @@ public static object ConvertPrimitiveValue(object value, Type type, TimeZoneInfo
             }
         }
     }
-}
+
+    private static DateTimeKind GetTargetDateTimeKind(TimeZoneInfo timeZone)
+    {
+        if (timeZone.Equals(TimeZoneInfo.Utc))
+            return DateTimeKind.Utc;
+
+        if (timeZone.Equals(TimeZoneInfo.Local))
+            return DateTimeKind.Local;
+
+        return DateTimeKind.Unspecified;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.Tests/Edm/EdmPrimitiveHelperTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.Tests/Edm/EdmPrimitiveHelperTests.cs
index a3f6c63d6..745388fbb 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.Tests/Edm/EdmPrimitiveHelperTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData.Tests/Edm/EdmPrimitiveHelperTests.cs
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public static TheoryDataSet<DateTimeOffset> ConvertDateTime_NonStandardPrimitive
 
     [Theory]
     [MemberData(nameof(ConvertPrimitiveValue_NonStandardPrimitives_Data))]
-    [MemberData(nameof(ConvertPrimitiveValue_NonStandardPrimitives_ExtraData))] 
+    [MemberData(nameof(ConvertPrimitiveValue_NonStandardPrimitives_ExtraData))]
     public void ConvertPrimitiveValue_NonStandardPrimitives(object valueToConvert, object result, Type conversionType)
     {
         // Arrange & Act
@@ -124,6 +124,52 @@ public void ConvertDateTimeValue_NonStandardPrimitives_DefaultTimeZoneInfo(DateT
         Assert.Equal(valueToConvert.LocalDateTime, dt);
     }
 
+    [Theory]
+    [MemberData(nameof(ConvertDateTime_NonStandardPrimitives_Data))]
+    public void ConvertDateTimeValue_ImplicitKind(DateTimeOffset valueToConvert)
+    {
+        // Arrange & Act
+        object actual = EdmPrimitiveHelper.ConvertPrimitiveValue(valueToConvert, typeof(DateTime));
+
+        //if server local time is UTC, then expect Utc Kind
+        DateTimeKind expectedTimeKind = TimeZoneInfo.Local.Equals(TimeZoneInfo.Utc)
+            ? DateTimeKind.Utc
+            : DateTimeKind.Local;
+
+        // Assert
+        DateTime dt = Assert.IsType<DateTime>(actual);
+        Assert.Equal(expectedTimeKind, dt.Kind);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [MemberData(nameof(ConvertDateTime_NonStandardPrimitives_Data))]
+    public void ConvertDateTimeValue_ExplicitLocalKind(DateTimeOffset valueToConvert)
+    {
+        // Arrange & Act
+        object actual = EdmPrimitiveHelper.ConvertPrimitiveValue(valueToConvert, typeof(DateTime), TimeZoneInfo.Local);
+
+        //if server local time is UTC, then expect Utc Kind
+        DateTimeKind expectedTimeKind = TimeZoneInfo.Local.Equals(TimeZoneInfo.Utc)
+            ? DateTimeKind.Utc
+            : DateTimeKind.Local;
+
+        // Assert
+        DateTime dt = Assert.IsType<DateTime>(actual);
+        Assert.Equal(expectedTimeKind, dt.Kind);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [MemberData(nameof(ConvertDateTime_NonStandardPrimitives_Data))]
+    public void ConvertDateTimeValue_ExplicitUtcKind(DateTimeOffset valueToConvert)
+    {
+        // Arrange & Act
+        object actual = EdmPrimitiveHelper.ConvertPrimitiveValue(valueToConvert, typeof(DateTime), TimeZoneInfo.Utc);
+
+        // Assert
+        DateTime dt = Assert.IsType<DateTime>(actual);
+        Assert.Equal(DateTimeKind.Utc, dt.Kind);
+    }
+
     [Theory]
     [MemberData(nameof(ConvertDateTime_NonStandardPrimitives_Data))]
     public void ConvertDateTimeValue_NonStandardPrimitives_CustomTimeZoneInfo(DateTimeOffset valueToConvert)
@@ -146,4 +192,4 @@ public void ConvertPrimitiveValue_Throws(object valueToConvert, Type conversionT
             () => EdmPrimitiveHelper.ConvertPrimitiveValue(valueToConvert, conversionType),
             exception);
     }
-}
+}
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