Date from javascript to C# is not working

Question

I am trying to pass a datetime from C# to javascript.

I have converted my datetime at C# to FileTime (I am not sure, if this is the way to be done), and after that I passed this value to a ViewBag like this.

    ViewBag.minDate = minDate.ToFileTime();

Next I do this at javascript

    var date = new Date(Date.parse(<%=ViewBag.minDate%>));

Which becomes the following, but I get "Invalid Date"

var date = new Date(Date.parse(130014720000000000)

Do you know why is that, and How I can fix it?

Answer 1

Try this:

ViewBag.minDate = minDate.Subtract(new DateTime(1970, 1, 1)).TotalMilliseconds;

Answer 2

pass the date like this,

ViewBag.minDate =minDate.ToString("o")

and in your view,

var date = new Date("<%=ViewBag.minDate %>")