Javascript serialization of DateTime in asp.net is not giving a javascript date object?

Question

When I parse a DateTime to json in .Net it returns a string (i.e. \"\\/Date(1249335194272)\\/\"). How do I make it return a js Date object constructor not wrap

Answer 1

Simple javascript manipulation like this:

function(param){
  var date = new Date(parseInt(param.substr(6)));
  return date;
}

Pass in JSON date as param to the function and it will return a javascript date.