Passing Date Parameter to RedirectToAction RouteValues

Question

When Passing a DateTime Parameter to RedirectToAction (Asp.Net MVC2) either by passing DateTime or by passing a date: "13/4/2000"

    return RedirectToAction("index", "ControllerName",  new { mydate =  DTHelper.PrintDate(myVM.someobject.someobjectDateTime) });

The parameter passed with this representation - which the controller can't resolve:

http://localhost:6105/ControllerName?mydate=19%2F6%2F2011

how can I make it pass as original (it works when I build the url myself):

(this will not work b/c %2F....)

Answer 1

Try using the following format when passing dates around: yyyy-MM-dd:

var date = myVM.someobject.someobjectDateTime.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd");
return RedirectToAction("index", "ControllerName",  new { mydate = date });

Now inside Index you should be able to get the correct date:

public ActionResult Index(DateTime mydate)
{
    ...
}

and if you wanted a time component use the following format: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss