@Test
public void testParseWithTimeZone() {

    LOG.info("testParseWithTimeZone");
    final DateTime t1 = DateTime.parse("2012-10-04T08:15:30-05:00").withZone(DateTimeZone.UTC);
    final DateTime t2 = UTCTime.parse("2012-10-04T08:15:30-05:00");
    Assert.assertEquals(t1.getMillis(), t2.getMillis());
}