diff --git a/src/SQLite.cs b/src/SQLite.cs
index cbc8d22a..5e94330b 100644
--- a/src/SQLite.cs
+++ b/src/SQLite.cs
@@ -2676,7 +2676,7 @@ public static string SqlType (TableMapping.Column p, bool storeDateTimeAsTicks,
 				return storeDateTimeAsTicks ? "bigint" : "datetime";
 			}
 			else if (clrType == typeof (DateTimeOffset)) {
-				return "bigint";
+				return "blob";
 			}
 			else if (clrType.GetTypeInfo ().IsEnum) {
 				if (p.StoreAsText)
@@ -3002,8 +3002,9 @@ internal static void BindParameter (Sqlite3Statement stmt, int index, object val
 						SQLite3.BindText (stmt, index, ((DateTime)value).ToString (dateTimeStringFormat, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture), -1, NegativePointer);
 					}
 				}
-				else if (value is DateTimeOffset) {
-					SQLite3.BindInt64 (stmt, index, ((DateTimeOffset)value).UtcTicks);
+				else if (value is DateTimeOffset dto) {
+					var dtoAsBytes = DateTimeOffsetToBytes(dto);
+					SQLite3.BindBlob(stmt, index, dtoAsBytes, dtoAsBytes.Length, NegativePointer);
 				}
 				else if (value is byte[]) {
 					SQLite3.BindBlob (stmt, index, (byte[])value, ((byte[])value).Length, NegativePointer);
@@ -3037,7 +3038,21 @@ internal static void BindParameter (Sqlite3Statement stmt, int index, object val
 				}
 			}
 		}
-
+		static DateTimeOffset BytesToDateTimeOffset(byte[] bytes)
+		{
+			var date = BitConverter.ToInt64(bytes, 0);
+			var offset = BitConverter.ToInt16(bytes, 8);
+			return new DateTimeOffset(new DateTime(date), TimeSpan.FromMinutes(offset));
+		}
+		static byte[] DateTimeOffsetToBytes(DateTimeOffset dto)
+		{
+			var arr1 = BitConverter.GetBytes(dto.DateTime.Ticks);
+			var arr2 = BitConverter.GetBytes((short)dto.Offset.TotalMinutes);
+			var result = new byte[10];
+			Array.Copy(arr1, 0, result, 0, arr1.Length);
+			Array.Copy(arr2, 0, result, 8, arr2.Length);
+			return result;
+		}
 		class Binding
 		{
 			public string Name { get; set; }
@@ -3101,7 +3116,7 @@ object ReadCol (Sqlite3Statement stmt, int index, SQLite3.ColType type, Type clr
 					}
 				}
 				else if (clrType == typeof (DateTimeOffset)) {
-					return new DateTimeOffset (SQLite3.ColumnInt64 (stmt, index), TimeSpan.Zero);
+					return BytesToDateTimeOffset(SQLite3.ColumnByteArray(stmt, index));
 				}
 				else if (clrTypeInfo.IsEnum) {
 					if (type == SQLite3.ColType.Text) {
@@ -4379,7 +4394,7 @@ public static byte[] ColumnByteArray (Sqlite3Statement stmt, int index)
 			}
 			return new byte[0];
 		}
-
+		 
 		public static Result EnableLoadExtension (Sqlite3DatabaseHandle db, int onoff)
 		{
 			return (Result)Sqlite3.sqlite3_enable_load_extension (db, onoff);
@@ -4399,7 +4414,7 @@ public static ExtendedResult ExtendedErrCode (Sqlite3DatabaseHandle db)
 		{
 			return (ExtendedResult)Sqlite3.sqlite3_extended_errcode (db);
 		}
-
+		 
 		public static Sqlite3BackupHandle BackupInit (Sqlite3DatabaseHandle destDb, string destName, Sqlite3DatabaseHandle sourceDb, string sourceName)
 		{
 			return Sqlite3.sqlite3_backup_init (destDb, destName, sourceDb, sourceName);
diff --git a/tests/DateTimeOffsetTest.cs b/tests/DateTimeOffsetTest.cs
index 9c06a6b2..2af24db0 100644
--- a/tests/DateTimeOffsetTest.cs
+++ b/tests/DateTimeOffsetTest.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace SQLite.Tests
 	public class DateTimeOffsetTest
 	{
 		class TestObj
-		{
+		{ 
 			[PrimaryKey, AutoIncrement]
 			public int Id { get; set; }
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ void TestAsyncDateTimeOffset (SQLiteAsyncConnection db)
 			// Ticks
 			//
 			o = new TestObj {
-                ModifiedTime = new DateTimeOffset (2012, 1, 14, 3, 2, 1, TimeSpan.Zero),
+                ModifiedTime = new DateTimeOffset (2012, 1, 14, 3, 2, 1, TimeSpan.FromMinutes(120)),
 			};
 			db.InsertAsync (o).Wait ();
 			o2 = db.GetAsync<TestObj> (o.Id).Result;
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ void TestDateTimeOffset (TestDb db)
 			// Ticks
 			//
 			o = new TestObj {
-				ModifiedTime = new DateTimeOffset (2012, 1, 14, 3, 2, 1, TimeSpan.Zero),
+				ModifiedTime = new DateTimeOffset (2012, 1, 14, 3, 2, 1, TimeSpan.FromMinutes(-120)),
 			};
 			db.Insert (o);
 			o2 = db.Get<TestObj> (o.Id);