how to force netwtonsoft json serializer to serialize datetime property to string?
I am using Newtonsoft's Json when i serialze a date time property i get the json r开发者_运维技巧esponse as:
..."CreatedOn":"\/Date(1317303882420+0500)\/",...
i want it to be in simple string as
..."createdOn": "2011-05-05 14:03:07", ...
while my class property is DateTime, how can i force to serialze it as string, as we can add attribute to change the property name as
[JsonProperty("id")]
public int ProductID { get; set; }
is there a similar way to force a DateTime property to serialize to string??
From a post made by James Newton-King on StackOverflow, it looks like you can do this.
string isoJson = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(this, new IsoDateTimeConverter());
// {"Details":"Application started.","LogDate":"2009-02-15T00:00:00Z"}
Referenced answer: Parsing JSON DateTime from Newtonsoft's JSON Serializer
Also here is the documentation on Json.NET and dates: Serializing Dates in JSON
Here is an example of using the DateTimeFormat
property to customize the output:
return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(this, Formatting.None, new IsoDateTimeConverter() { DateTimeFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss" });
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