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.Net core model binder for parsing dates from specific formats
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using System; | |
using System.Collections.Generic; | |
using System.Globalization; | |
using System.Threading.Tasks; | |
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ModelBinding; | |
namespace Demo.Web | |
{ | |
public class CustomDateTimeModelBinderProvider : IModelBinderProvider | |
{ | |
public IModelBinder GetBinder(ModelBinderProviderContext context) | |
{ | |
if (context.Metadata.ModelType == typeof(DateTime) || context.Metadata.ModelType == typeof(DateTime?)) | |
{ | |
return new CustomDateTimeModelBinder(); | |
} | |
return null; | |
} | |
} | |
public class CustomDateTimeModelBinder : IModelBinder | |
{ | |
private static readonly List<Type> SupportedDatetimeTypes = | |
new List<Type> { typeof(DateTime), typeof(DateTime?) }; | |
public Task BindModelAsync(ModelBindingContext bindingContext) | |
{ | |
if (bindingContext == null) | |
{ | |
throw new ArgumentNullException (nameof(bindingContext)); | |
} | |
if (!SupportedDatetimeTypes.Contains(bindingContext.ModelType)) | |
{ | |
return Task.CompletedTask; | |
} | |
var modelName = bindingContext.ModelName; | |
var valueProviderResult = bindingContext.ValueProvider.GetValue(modelName); | |
if (valueProviderResult == ValueProviderResult.None) | |
{ | |
return Task.CompletedTask; | |
} | |
bindingContext.ModelState.SetModelValue(modelName, valueProviderResult); | |
var dateTimeToParse = valueProviderResult.FirstValue; | |
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(dateTimeToParse)) | |
{ | |
return Task.CompletedTask; | |
} | |
var formattedDateTime = ParseDateTime(dateTimeToParse); | |
bindingContext.Result = ModelBindingResult.Success(formattedDateTime); | |
return Task.CompletedTask; | |
} | |
private static DateTime? ParseDateTime(string date) | |
{ | |
var customDatetimeFormats = new string[] | |
{ | |
"yyyyMMddHHmmss", | |
"yyyyMMddHHmm", | |
"yyyyMMdd" | |
}; | |
foreach (var format in customDatetimeFormats) | |
{ | |
if (DateTime.TryParseExact(date, format, null, DateTimeStyles.None, out DateTime validDate)) | |
{ | |
return validDate; | |
} | |
} | |
return null; | |
} | |
} | |
} |
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