Proper Way to Convert JSON Date to .NET DateTime During Deserialization

Question

I have a javascript function that calls an MVC controller with JSON data:

var specsAsJson = JSON.stringify(specs);
$.post(\'/Home/Save\', { jsonData: specsAs         


        

Answer 1

I took @Bob Horn answer but it wasn't working for me. My REST service is using Javascritpt dates. I adapted the referred answer to an extension method.

using System;

namespace Mediatel.Framework
{
    public static class JsonDate
    {
        public static DateTime ConvertToDateTime(this string jsonDate)
        {
            // JavaScript uses the unix epoch of 1/1/1970. Note, it's important to call ToLocalTime()
            // after doing the time conversion, otherwise we'd have to deal with daylight savings hooey.
            DateTime unixEpoch = new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
            Double milliseconds = Convert.ToDouble(jsonDate);
            DateTime dateTime = unixEpoch.AddMilliseconds(milliseconds).ToLocalTime();

            return dateTime;
        }
    }
}