Pass a JSON format DateTime to ASP.NET MVC

Question

We know that MVC returns DateTime for JsonResult in this format: /Date(1240718400000)/, and we know how to parse it in JS.

However, It seems that MVC doesn\

Answer 1

In your model, use this to parse the date:

// property
String CreateDate;
DateTime CreateDateAsDate;

// drop prefix, drop suffix, parse as long and read as ticks
CreateDateAsDate date = new DateTime(Int64.Parse(
    CreateDate.Substring(6).Replace(")/",String.Empty)));