C# date madness

datesarecrazy.cs

static void Main()
{
    var date1 = DateTime.Parse("2017-07-14T19:00:00.0000000-07:00");
    var date2 = DateTime.UtcNow; // <- today at "19:09:56" UTC or "12:09:56" PDT

    Console.WriteLine(date1 > date2); // False <-- what??
    Console.WriteLine(date1.ToUniversalTime() > date2); // True

    var nowStr = DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("o");
    Console.WriteLine(nowStr); // "2017-07-14T19:09:56.0616752Z"

    var date3 = DateTime.Parse(nowStr);
    Console.WriteLine(date1 > date3); // True <-- this is more like it
    Console.WriteLine(date1.ToUniversalTime() > date3); // True
}