ASP.NET Web API - ModelBinders

Question

I need to use a custom modelbinder of some kind to always treat incoming dates in UK format, i have setup a custom model binder and registered like so:

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Answer 1

Attribute routing seems to conflict with model binding. If you use attribute routing, you can wrap the global.asax configuration into a single GlobalConfiguration.Config call to avoid the initialisation issues:

GlobalConfiguration.Configure(config =>
{
    config.BindParameter(typeof(DateTime), new DateTimeModelBinder());
    config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();
}

(This might be fixed in the upcoming ASP.NET 5 if it's related to bug #1165.)