JSON DateTime remove time in ASP.NET?

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Let's say I have the following DateTime which has a value of: "2017-01-27T00:00:00".

How can I remove the above date to return only the date without the time and without changing the format? i.e return "2017-01-27"

You can change the way properties are serialized with the proper attribute. Where does the DateTime value come from? Is it a property ? — Panagiotis Kanavos
– Panagiotis Kanavos, Commented Jan 27, 2017 at 10:15
In addition, do you know it will always be - as the separator? And obviously you want to return a string, yar? — musefan
– musefan, Commented Jan 27, 2017 at 10:16
@musefan that's the ISO8601 standard. The separator will always be - — Panagiotis Kanavos
– Panagiotis Kanavos, Commented Jan 27, 2017 at 10:17
@erbsoftware are you using JSON.NET or MVC's older serializer? — Panagiotis Kanavos
– Panagiotis Kanavos, Commented Jan 27, 2017 at 10:17

Pedro Luz · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-27 10:14:52Z

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Something like this maybe?

var dt = DateTime.Parse("2017-01-27T00:00:00");
return dt.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd");

answered Jan 27, 2017 at 10:14

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Panagiotis Kanavos Over a year ago

A far better option is to tell the serializer to use that format. That's already possible with Json.NET and there are a lot of duplicates that explain this

Dr. Roggia · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-27 10:16:35Z

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If you need some customization for the date, you can use *name*.ToString('yyyy-MM-dd') to customize the result. See the documentation here

answered Jan 27, 2017 at 10:16

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Panagiotis Kanavos Over a year ago

ToShortDateString() returns the local short date format.

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