AWS DynamoDB SDK support for .NET DateTimeOffset
The AWS DynamoDB SDK does not support the .NET DateTimeOffset datatype by default . You may have received an exception similar to: System.InvalidOperationException: Type System.Nullable System.DateTimeOffset is unsupported, it cannot be instantiated. at Amazon.DynamoDBv2.DataModel But you can add a custom IPropertyConverter so that you can persist DateTimeOffset. public class DateTimeOffsetPropertyConverter : IPropertyConverter { public static readonly string DateTimeOffsetPersistenceFormatString = "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.ffffzzz"; public object FromEntry(DynamoDBEntry entry) { if (entry == null) { throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(entry)); } var primitive = entry as Primitive; if (primitive == null) { throw new ArgumentException($"{nameof(entry)} [{entry?.GetType()?.Name}] is not an instance of {nameof(Primitive)}."); } var dateString = primitive.Value as string;