ASP.NET Web API Date format in JSON does not serialise successfully

Question

All,

We are using ASP.NET Web API where we have a REST based service with JSON for the payload. If I pass the following Date as a string e.g

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Answer 1

Just set globalization in web.config:

and then, in Global.asax.cs > Application_Start, set JsonFormatter to use the current culture:

var json = GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Formatters.JsonFormatter;
json.SerializerSettings.Culture = System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture;