ASP.NET Parse DateTime result from ajax call to javascript date

Question

Introduction:

I have a WebMethod on my ASP.NET page which returns a Person object. One of the fields is Birthday

Answer 1

Another way of tackling this problem is to make a new element in your person class and then use that. Example

public class Person {
   public int Id {get;set;}
   public string Name {get;set;}
   public DateTime Birthday {get;set;}
   public string BirthdayFormat { get {
      return Birthday.toString("dd/MM/YYYY")
   }}
}

I would have thought this would be the best way as then all the formating is in one place and where possible you can use. [DisplayFormat(ApplyFormatInEditMode = true, DataFormatString = "{0:dd/MM/YYYY}")]

Above the Birthday element, so that displayFor will use the correct formatting.