How to convert JavascriptSerializer serialized DateTime string to Javascript Date object

Question

After serializing an object with DateTime field with JavaScriptSerializer, I see that the DateTime field looks like this:

Answer 1

This is a bit of a hack, but the above seemed inelegant for what I'm trying to achieve, so in the object definition I'm serializing, I did this:

        /// 
Date of the record retention event or document date.
        /// 
        public string DateOfRetentionEvent;
        [ScriptIgnore]
        public DateTime RetentionEventDate 
        {
            get
            {
                return _retentionEventDate;
            }
            set
            {
                _retentionEventDate = value;
                DateOfRetentionEvent = value.ToShortDateString();
            }
        }

The point being that, at least in my use case (deserialization never happens), the JSON doesn't really care what C# is doing with the date value. Adding [ScriptIgnore] to the DateTime value and giving an alternative view for the parser to output should do the trick. It does in my case:

{
    "DateToDispose": "1/1/2020",
    "DateOfRetentionEvent": "10/1/2014",
    "FullRetentionCode": "NR+5",
    "RetentionEvent": "NR",
    "RetentionPeriod": 5
}