Passing a C# DateTime via the Query String

Question

I have a C# DateTime object. This object includes both the date and time. I need to pass this information to a REST-based service. My question is, how do I format the DateTime,

Answer 1

I'd use yyyyMMdd as the format; doesn't need to be URL encoded and it's easy to read/understand.

On the server side, you'd have to call DateTime.ParseExact(dateString, "yyyyMMdd") to get the date out.

Hope this helps.