Parse string as DateTime in Javascript from JSON

Question

I want send a datetime in JSON with string fromat from asp.net web service and I want javascript parse it like datetime and not like string.

So I ask is there a special format that I must use it to convert datetime to string and parse it in javascript as datetime?

In fact , I don't want touch javascript. I want javascript read the string and considerate it as DateTime.

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Answer 1

Make sure your date strings conform rfc2822 and use javascript Date.parse method.

Alternatively, send your dates over as integer milliseconds and use Date constructors on the javascript side.

Answer 2

I used DateJS for a few projects using ASP.NET. The format will probably depend on your locale. I would looks at the data.js examples to make it work the way it would fit your specification and locale.

Answer 3

This is a piece of code I use to create a date from a .net JSON serialized DateTime object.

function formatJSONDate(jsonDate) {
 var d = new Date((jsonDate.slice(6, -2)*1));
 var day = d.getDate() * 1;
 var month = (d.getMonth() * 1) +1;
 var s = (day < 10 ? "0" : "") + day + "-" + (month < 10 ? "0" : "") + month + "-" + d.getFullYear();
 return s;
}