How to store TimeZoneInfo objects in a database?

Question

Somewhat misleading title, I know. Never actually wanted to store TimeZoneInfo object themselves: rather, I want to store some culture-neutral identifier, which can

Answer 1

I simply used TimeZoneInfo.Id.GetHashCode(). According to tests, this generates unique integer ID's that can be stored in a DB. You can also build a Dictionary with keys being these hash codes and values being the original ID strings to make reverse lookup easier.