Can not deserialize DateTimeOffset in .netcoreapp2.0

[vCipher]

Simple example:

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var deserializer = new Deserializer();
        var yaml = "before: 2015-10-23T12:23:15";
        var config = deserializer.Deserialize<Config>(yaml);
    }
}

class Config
{
    [YamlMember(Alias = "before")]
    public DateTimeOffset Before { get; set; }
}

Rises exception:

System.InvalidCastException: Invalid cast from 'System.String' to 'System.DateTimeOffset'.
   at System.Convert.DefaultToType(IConvertible value, Type targetType, IFormatProvider provider)
   at System.String.System.IConvertible.ToType(Type type, IFormatProvider provider)
   at System.Convert.ChangeType(Object value, Type conversionType, IFormatProvider provider)
   at YamlDotNet.Serialization.Utilities.TypeConverter.ChangeType(Object value, Type destinationType, CultureInfo culture)
   at YamlDotNet.Serialization.Utilities.TypeConverter.ChangeType(Object value, Type destinationType)
   at YamlDotNet.Serialization.NodeDeserializers.ScalarNodeDeserializer.YamlDotNet.Serialization.INodeDeserializer.Deserialize(IParser parser, Type expectedType, Func`3 nestedObjectDeserializer, Object& value)
   at YamlDotNet.Serialization.ValueDeserializers.NodeValueDeserializer.DeserializeValue(IParser parser, Type expectedType, SerializerState state, IValueDeserializer nestedObjectDeserializer)

It think that this exception occurs because of getting public static T Parse(string, IFormatProvider) fails in

YamlDotNet/YamlDotNet/Serialization/Utilities/TypeConverter.cs

Line 226 in a724846

var parseMethod = destinationType.GetPublicStaticMethod("Parse", typeof(string), typeof(IFormatProvider));

This getting of Parse method fails because of Suspicious comparison: there is no type in the solution which is inherited from both 'System.Reflection.ParameterInfo' and 'System.Type'

YamlDotNet/YamlDotNet/Helpers/Portability.cs

Line 247 in b758a29

&& parameters.Zip(parameterTypes, (pi, pt) => pi.Equals(pt)).All(r => r);

[aaubry]

Humm, this looks like a bug. The code should probably be this instead:

 && parameters.Zip(parameterTypes, (pi.ParameterType, pt) => pi.Equals(pt)).All(r => r); 

We need to add a failing test then fix this. If you want, you can send-me a pull request with that. Otherwise, I can do it myself, but I don't know when I will have time for this.
Thanks

[vCipher]

@aaubry I've created pull request #294

[aaubry]

Thanks. This fix is included in release 4.2.3, which should be visible soon on NuGet.