My JSON string contains a date field that returns such a value:
\"2009-04-04T22:55:16.0000000-04:00\"
I am particularly interested in parsi
Drop-in solution
const jsonDateRegexp = /^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})T(\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2})\.(\d{3})Z$/;
function jsonRetriever(key: string, value: any) {
// let's try to detect input we dont have to parse early, so this function is as fast as possible
if (typeof value !== 'string') {
return value;
}
const dateMatch = jsonDateRegexp.exec(value);
if (!dateMatch) {
return value;
}
return new Date(
Date.UTC(
+dateMatch[1],
+dateMatch[2] - 1,
+dateMatch[3],
+dateMatch[4],
+dateMatch[5],
+dateMatch[6],
+dateMatch[7],
),
);
}
export function parseJsonWithDates(input: string) {
return JSON.parse(input, jsonRetriever);
}
Using TypeSript, my solution is as follows:
export function parseWithDate(jsonString: string): any {
var reDateDetect = /(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})T(\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2})/; // startswith: 2015-04-29T22:06:55
var resultObject = JSON.parse(jsonString,(key: any, value: any) => {
if (typeof value == 'string' && (reDateDetect.exec(value))) {
return new Date(value);
}
return value;
});
return resultObject;
}
Best of all worlds ;-) It uses an anonymous datereviver, which gets called by JSON.parse on each property. The reviver logic is to check whether the property is of type string and if so, whether it looks like the start of a date ... If it is a date, then let new Date(value) do the actual parsing ... all timezone variations are supported that way.
Hope it helps!
Extending the jQuery.ajax converters setting worked fine for me from its's default:
"text json": jQuery.parseJSON
to
"text json": function (xmlValue) {
var value = JSON.parse(xmlValue, Site.dateReviver);
return value;
}
function dateReviver (k,v) {
var isnum = /^\d+$/.test(v);
// Check if number since Date.parse(number) returns valid date
if (isnum) {
return v;
}
if (Date.parse(v)) {
return new Date(Date.parse(v));
}
return v;
}
The use of return new Date(Date.UTC(+a[1], +a[2] - 1, +a[3], +a[4], +a[5], +a[6]));
does not adjust the date for the timezone information, the -4:00
in the example.
An alternative is to let Date() do the parsing for you:
var dateReviver = function (key, value) {
var a;
if (typeof value === 'string') {
a = Date.parse(value);
if (a) {
return new Date(a);
}
}
return value;
}
If the JSON had been formatted with JSON.stringify() it would have been in UTC (Z).
The regular expression expects a "Zulu" timezone (A 'Z' character at the end), while the sample date-time string shows a numeric timezone ('-04:00'). The following regex will accept both:
/^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})T(\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2}(?:\.\d*)?)(Z|([+\-])(\d{2}):(\d{2}))$/
If the time zone digits are not zero, you might want to actually modify the date after parsing and/or converting to UTC, to respect the timezone.
I can see dateReviver() being hit. Try the following in a browser:
<!-- saved from url=(0014)about:internet -->
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://www.json.org/json2.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.Microsoft.com/ajax/jQuery/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script>
<script>
$(function () {
// a mock proxy to return some json to play with
var proxy = {
getArticle: function(id, foo) { foo({
result: '["2009-04-04T22:55:16.0000000-04:00"]'
}); }
};
// the origial Site object, with the fixed regex
var Site = {
dateReviver: function(key, value) {
var a;
if (typeof value === 'string') {
a = /^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})T(\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2}(?:\.\d*)?)(Z|([+\-])(\d{2}):(\d{2}))$/.exec(value);
if (a) {
return new Date(Date.UTC(+a[1], +a[2] - 1, +a[3], +a[4],
+a[5], +a[6]));
}
}
return value;
},
loadArticle: function(id) {
proxy.getArticle(id, function(response) {
var data = JSON.parse(response.result, Site.dateReviver);
// put the parsed JSON date on the page
$("#output").html(data[0].toString());
});
}
};
// try out our Site object
Site.loadArticle();
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="output"></div>
</body>
</html>
I am getting the following in the browser, indicating successful parsing:
Sat Apr 4 15:55:16 PDT 2009