```ruby
class DateTime
  # @api public
  def self.to_mongo(value)
    Time.parse(value.to_s).utc
  end

  # @api public
  def self.from_mongo(value)
    value.to_datetime
  end
end # DateTime
```

Convert DateTime instance to utc before converting to Time
user
```ruby
class DateTime
  # @api public
  def self.to_mongo(value)
    utc = value.new_offset(0)
    ::Time.utc(utc.year, utc.month, utc.day, utc.hour, utc.min, utc.sec)
  end

  # @api public
  def self.from_mongo(value)
    value.to_datetime
  end
end # DateTime
```
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