How can i parse a json date to c# datetime formate with utc +0600

Question

i am in a zone where the local time is GMT +6. now how can i get the appropriate time from a json time string accroding to my zone. i tried the following approach but it returns a date with a day off(one day previous date).

public ActionResult DateParser(string date)
{
 string sDate = WrapStringInQuotes(date);
 DateTime dt = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<DateTime>(sDate); // the dt i want have to be gmt +6
}
public string WrapStringInQuotes(string input)
{
 return @"""" + input + @"""";
}

I tried for help here but didn't understand how can i get the appropriate date.

While i convert the json string date Here it decoded the date as per as my time zone.

• Alex Riabov: What is your json date format?
• unknownuser: its something like /Date(1531332000000). i can deserialize the date but it is one day behind

Answer 1

You can use JsonSerializerSettings to control how the date is processed like:

var jsonSerializerSettings = new JsonSerializerSettings()
{
 DateTimeZoneHandling = DateTimeZoneHandling.Local
};
var obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<DateTime>(sDate, jsonSerializerSettings);