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datetimejson.netdeserialization
Jan Holešínský
Jan Holešínský

Reputation: 243

json.net deserialize datetime in object

I have a problem with deserialization of datetime. In JSON it comes in this format 2016-10-04T15:20:00 but after deserialialization it changes to the AM/PM time format and I need to preserve the 24 hour format. Is there any way how specify the format?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 529

Answers (1)

Brian Rogers
Brian Rogers

Reputation: 129827

When you deserialize to a date, the format is not stored inside the date object. Instead, the formatting happens on output. The default format for your locale is probably using 12-hour time. If you want a different format, you can pass a format string to the ToString method:

string json = @"{ ""date"": ""2016-10-04T15:20:00"" }";

Foo foo = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Foo>(json);

Console.WriteLine(foo.Date.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"));

Fiddle: https://dotnetfiddle.net/ibLCbG

Upvotes: 1

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