Change default date serialization in WCF

Question

Is there anyway to change the default JSON serialization/deserialization of DateTime in WCF?

Currently, DateTime are serialized into the /Date(1372252162657+0

Answer 1

One way is to use a message formatter to change the default DataContractSerializer as described in WCF Extensibility – Message Formatters.

Another option is to write an extension method that loads your object into a stream and then you can apply whatever serializer you want to the object. See the accepted answer for Replace default JSON serializer in WCF 4 to JSON.NET for details on how to do this.