[asp.net-mvc] How do I pass a datetime value as a URI parameter in asp.net mvc?

I need to have an action parameter that has a datetime value? Is there a standard way to do this? I need to have something like:

mysite/Controller/Action/21-9-2009 10:20

but I'm only succeeding indoing it with something like:

mysite/Controller/Action/200909211020

and writing a custome function to deal with this format.

Again, looking for a standard or sanctioned ASP.net MVC way to do this.

Split out the Year, Month, Day Hours and Mins

routes.MapRoute(
            "MyNewRoute",
            "{controller}/{action}/{Year}/{Month}/{Days}/{Hours}/{Mins}",
            new { controller="YourControllerName", action="YourActionName"}
        );

Use a cascading If Statement to Build up the datetime from the parameters passed into the Action

    ' Build up the date from the passed url or use the current date
    Dim tCurrentDate As DateTime = Nothing
    If Year.HasValue Then
        If Month.HasValue Then
            If Day.HasValue Then
                tCurrentDate = New Date(Year, Month, Day)
            Else
                tCurrentDate = New Date(Year, Month, 1)
            End If
        Else
            tCurrentDate = New Date(Year, 1, 1)
        End If
    Else
        tCurrentDate = StartOfThisWeek(Date.Now)
    End If

(Apologies for the vb.net but you get the idea :P)

i realize it works after adding a slash behind like so

mysite/Controller/Action/21-9-2009 10:20/

Since MVC 5 you can use the built in Attribute Routing package which supports a datetime type, which will accept anything that can be parsed to a DateTime.

e.g.

[GET("Orders/{orderDate:datetime}")]

More info here.

Try to use toISOString(). It returns string in ISO8601 format.

from javascript

$.get('/example/doGet?date=' + new Date().toISOString(), function (result) {
    console.log(result);
});

from c#

[HttpGet]
public JsonResult DoGet(DateTime date)
{
    return Json(date.ToString(), JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}

I thought I'd share what works for me in MVC5 for anyone that comes looking for a similar answer.

My Controller Signature looks like this:

public ActionResult Index(DateTime? EventDate, DateTime? EventTime)
{

}

My ActionLink looks like this in Razor:

@Url.Action("Index", "Book", new { EventDate = apptTime, EventTime = apptTime})

This gives a URL like this:

Book?EventDate=01%2F20%2F2016%2014%3A15%3A00&EventTime=01%2F20%2F2016%2014%3A15%3A00

Which encodes the date and time as it should.

You should first add a new route in global.asax:

routes.MapRoute(
                "MyNewRoute",
                "{controller}/{action}/{date}",
                new { controller="YourControllerName", action="YourActionName", date = "" }
            );

The on your Controller:

        public ActionResult MyActionName(DateTime date)
        {

        }

Remember to keep your default route at the bottom of the RegisterRoutes method. Be advised that the engine will try to cast whatever value you send in {date} as a DateTime example, so if it can't be casted then an exception will be thrown. If your date string contains spaces or : you could HTML.Encode them so the URL could be parsed correctly. If no, then you could have another DateTime representation.

Use the ticks value. It's quite simple to rebuild into a DateTime structure

 Int64 nTicks = DateTime.Now.Ticks;
 ....
 DateTime dtTime = new DateTime(nTicks);

I have the same problem. I use DateTime.Parse Method. and in the URL use this format to pass my DateTime parameter 2018-08-18T07:22:16

for more information about using DateTime Parse method refer to this link : DateTime Parse Method

string StringDateToDateTime(string date)
    {
        DateTime dateFormat = DateTime.Parse(date);
        return dateFormat ;
    }

I hope this link helps you.

Typical format of a URI for ASP .NET MVC is Controller/Action/Id where Id is an integer

I would suggest sending the date value as a parameter rather than as part of the route:

 mysite/Controller/Action?date=21-9-2009 10:20

If it's still giving you problems the date may contain characters that are not allowed in a URI and need to be encoded. Check out:

 encodeURIComponent(yourstring)

It is a method within Javascript.

On the Server Side:

public ActionResult ActionName(string date)
{
     DateTime mydate;
     DateTime.Tryparse(date, out mydate);
}

FYI, any url parameter can be mapped to an action method parameter as long as the names are the same.