How to pass a JSON date value via ASP.NET MVC usin

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Format a Microsoft JSON date?

The ASP.NET function Json() formats and returns a date as

{"d":"\/Date(1240718400000)\/"}

which has to be dealt with on the client side which is problematic. What are your suggestions for approaches to sending date values back and forth?

Answer 1

It may be ugly, but it works:

 var epoch = (new RegExp('/Date\\((-?[0-9]+)\\)/')).exec(d);
 $("#field").text((new Date(parseInt(epoch[1]))).toDateString());

Probably, it is not necessary to match the whole string, and just (-?[0-9]+) is enough...