Mvc Helper for dumping raw javascript to a view (handles raw dates too)

HtmlHelperExtensions.cs

using System;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;
	
public static class HtmlHelperExtensions {

	/// <summary>
	/// Dumps a JSON object to a view, in javascript format rather than as a string
	/// </summary>
	public static MvcHtmlString ToRawJavascriptObj(this HtmlHelper helper, object obj) {

		return new MvcHtmlString(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(obj, new DateTimeUTCRawConverter()));
	}

	/// <summary>
	/// Simple convertor class for writing Json dates as raw Javascript (new Date() not a ISO8601)
	/// </summary>
	private class DateTimeUTCRawConverter : 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) {

			var dat = ((DateTime)value);

			writer.WriteRawValue(String.Format("new Date(Date.UTC({0},{1},{2},{3},{4},{5}))", dat.Year, dat.Month - 1, dat.Day, dat.Hour, dat.Minute, dat.Second));
		}
	}
}