How to parse .net DateTime received as json string into java's Date object

Question

I\'m receiving .NET\'s DateTime object as json string through my asmx webservice and trying to parse it with help of gson library. But seems like there\'s no su

Answer 1

To manually convert a .NET JSON date to a JodaTime DateTime object (native Java type similar), you can also use a regex:

public static DateTime parseDotNetTime(String json) {
    DateTime result = null;
    if (json != null) {
        Pattern datePatt = Pattern.compile("^/Date\\((\\d+)([+-]\\d+)?\\)/$");
        Matcher m = datePatt.matcher(json);
        if (m.matches()) {
            Long l = Long.parseLong(m.group(1));
            result = new DateTime(l);
            // Time zone is not needed to calculate date
        } else {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Wrong date format");
        }
    }
    return result;
}