diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData/Edm/EdmPrimitiveHelper.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData/Edm/EdmPrimitiveHelper.cs
index f607d600c..cba371541 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData/Edm/EdmPrimitiveHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData/Edm/EdmPrimitiveHelper.cs
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public static object ConvertPrimitiveValue(object value, Type type, TimeZoneInfo
 
                     dateTimeOffsetValue = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTime(dateTimeOffsetValue, timeZone);
 
-                    var dateTimeKind = GetTargetDateTimeKind(timeZone);
+                    DateTimeKind dateTimeKind = GetTargetDateTimeKind(timeZone);
 
                     return DateTime.SpecifyKind(dateTimeOffsetValue.DateTime, dateTimeKind);
                 }