WebApi Json.NET custom date handling

Question

I have globally explicitly configured my MVC4 app to use the JSON.NET serializer . I know i have the choice of using the ISO standard dates or the old Microsoft date format

Answer 1

Change your setting set up code like this:

JsonMediaTypeFormatter jsonFormatter = GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Formatters.JsonFormatter;
JsonSerializerSettings jSettings = new Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializerSettings()         
{
    Formatting = Formatting.Indented,
    DateTimeZoneHandling = DateTimeZoneHandling.Utc
};
jSettings.Converters.Add(new MyDateTimeConvertor());
jsonFormatter.SerializerSettings = jSettings;

In your code you are just changing local variable value.

Answer 2

Thanks, I was going crazy, this worked very well for me,paste this in the Global.asax.cs

JsonMediaTypeFormatter jsonFormatter = GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Formatters.JsonFormatter;
JsonSerializerSettings jSettings =...

create a class MyDateTimeConvertor, paste this in the class

public class MyDateTimeConvertor : DateTimeConverterBase
{
    public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object existingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)
    {
        return DateTime...

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