Setting moment value to specific time zone directly

We are using Moment v2.30.1. We are attempting to apply a StartDateTime to an object but it is always being set to utc(). We want to set it directly to the America/Chicago time zone.

Here is the object with the startDateTime value:

export interface ExPCReq extends BaseModel {
description: string | null | undefined;
action: PA;
startDateTime?: moment.Moment;
userId: number;
}


This is how it currently is being set:

const pCReq: ExPCReq = {
description: this.paFrmGrp.get('descriptionCtrl')?.value as string,
action: PA.Move,
startDateTime: moment.utc(),
userId: this.userService.userDetails.value.userId
};


I've tried a lot of things but this sets it to a null value because it says that it is an invald date because it's trying to set the value as a string, correct?

const pCReq: ExPCReq = {
description: this.paFrmGrp.get('descriptionCtrl')?.value as string,
action: PA.Move,
startDateTime: moment.tz(moment.toString(), "MM/DD/YYYY h:mm a", "America/Chicago"),
userId: this.userService.userDetails.value.userId
};


When I inspect the startDateTime value, isUTC is always set to true, even in the second case above.

I'm just a little confused with this Moment library. It used to be a lot simpler as I used it about 10-12 yrs ago.

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