I have globally explicitly configured my MVC4 app to use the JSON.NET serializer . I know i have the choice of using the ISO standard dates or the old Microsoft date format when serializing dates.
But how can i output my own custom dateTime format string ,like :"dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm".
I could do this in MVC3 when plugging in Json.NET as the default serializer but cant seem to do it in MVC4 .
So far in the application_start i have done :
var settings = GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Formatters.JsonFormatter.SerializerSettings;
JsonSerializerSettings jSettings = new Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializerSettings()
{
Formatting = Formatting.Indented,
DateTimeZoneHandling = DateTimeZoneHandling.Utc,
};
jSettings.Converters.Add(new MyDateTimeConvertor() );
settings = jSettings;
and the custom converter i tried to impliment is like so :
public class MyDateTimeConvertor : DateTimeConverterBase
{
public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object existingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)
{
return DateTime.Parse(reader.Value.ToString());
}
public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, object value, JsonSerializer serializer)
{
writer.WriteValue(((DateTime)value).ToString("dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm"));
}
}
Anyhelp would be appreciated :)
Change your setting set up code like this:
JsonMediaTypeFormatter jsonFormatter = GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Formatters.JsonFormatter;
JsonSerializerSettings jSettings = new Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializerSettings()
{
Formatting = Formatting.Indented,
DateTimeZoneHandling = DateTimeZoneHandling.Utc
};
jSettings.Converters.Add(new MyDateTimeConvertor());
jsonFormatter.SerializerSettings = jSettings;
In your code you are just changing local variable value.
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