A function for converting .NET dates in json responses

gistfile1.js

/*!
 * $.convertJSONDates
 *
 *  $.getJSON(…).pipe($.convertJSONDates).done(function(data){…})
 *
 * Based on …
 *
 * jQuery.parseJSON() 
 * http://erraticdev.blogspot.com/2010/12/converting-dates-in-json-strings-using.html
 * 
 * Copyright (c) 2011 Robert Koritnik
 * Licensed under the terms of the MIT license
 * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
 */
(function ($) {
 
    // replacer RegExp
    var dateISO = /\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}(?:[.,]\d+)?Z/i;
    var dateNet = /\/Date\((\d+)(?:[-\+]\d+)?\)\//i;
 
    var jsonDateConverter = function(value) {
        if (typeof(value) === "string")
        {
            if (dateISO.test(value))
            {
                return new Date(value);
            }
            if (dateNet.test(value))
            {
                return new Date(parseInt(dateNet.exec(value)[1], 10));
            }
        }
        return value;
    };
     
    var converter = function(json){
      $.each(json || {}, function(k,v){
        if(typeof v == 'object'){
          if(v !== null){
            // recurse
            converter(v);
          }
        } else {
          json[k] = jsonDateConverter(v);
        }
      });
      return json;
    };
    
    $.convertJSONDates = converter;

})(jQuery);

Hi,

I receive an exception when I want to get json data with null values.
ex.: { name: "me", value: null }

I changed your converter to make it work.

var converter = function(json){
$.each(json, function(k,v){
if(typeof v == 'object'){
// recurse
if (v != null) {
converter(v);
}
}
else {
json[k] = jsonDateConverter(v);
}
});
return json;
};

Best Regards

Sébastien

Hi Sébastien,

Thanks for letting me know - I've updated this gist with your change.

Ben