How to get Web API OData v4 to use DateTime

Question

I have a fairly large data model that I want to expose using Web API OData using the OData V4 protocol.

The underlying data is stored in a SQL Server 2012 database.

Answer 1

Unfortunatly, https://aspnetwebstack.codeplex.com/SourceControl/network/forks/johncrim/datetimefixes fork, given by crimbo doesn`t realy support DateTime.

There is the new fork https://aspnetwebstack.codeplex.com/SourceControl/network/forks/kj/odata53datetime?branch=odata-v5.3-rtm based on OData v5.3 RTM, where DateTime properties in entities and complex types are supported in server answers, client POST/PUT/PATCH requests, $orderby and $filters clauses, function parameters and returns. We start to use it in production code and will support this fork, until DateTime support will return in future official releases.