#region License // Copyright (c) 2007 James Newton-King // // Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person // obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation // files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without // restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, // copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell // copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the // Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following // conditions: // // The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be // included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. // // THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, // EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES // OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND // NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT // HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, // WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING // FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR // OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. #endregion using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; #if DNXCORE50 using Xunit; using Test = Xunit.FactAttribute; using Assert = Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.XUnitAssert; #else using NUnit.Framework; #endif namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Documentation.Samples.Serializer { [TestFixture] public class SerializeDateTimeZoneHandling : TestFixtureBase { #region Types public class Flight { public string Destination { get; set; } public DateTime DepartureDate { get; set; } public DateTime DepartureDateUtc { get; set; } public DateTime DepartureDateLocal { get; set; } public TimeSpan Duration { get; set; } } #endregion [Test] public void Example() { #region Usage Flight flight = new Flight { Destination = "Dubai", DepartureDate = new DateTime(2013, 1, 21, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Unspecified), DepartureDateUtc = new DateTime(2013, 1, 21, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc), DepartureDateLocal = new DateTime(2013, 1, 21, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Local), Duration = TimeSpan.FromHours(5.5) }; string jsonWithRoundtripTimeZone = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(flight, Formatting.Indented, new JsonSerializerSettings { DateTimeZoneHandling = DateTimeZoneHandling.RoundtripKind }); Console.WriteLine(jsonWithRoundtripTimeZone); // { // "Destination": "Dubai", // "DepartureDate": "2013-01-21T00:00:00", // "DepartureDateUtc": "2013-01-21T00:00:00Z", // "DepartureDateLocal": "2013-01-21T00:00:00+01:00", // "Duration": "05:30:00" // } string jsonWithLocalTimeZone = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(flight, Formatting.Indented, new JsonSerializerSettings { DateTimeZoneHandling = DateTimeZoneHandling.Local }); Console.WriteLine(jsonWithLocalTimeZone); // { // "Destination": "Dubai", // "DepartureDate": "2013-01-21T00:00:00+01:00", // "DepartureDateUtc": "2013-01-21T01:00:00+01:00", // "DepartureDateLocal": "2013-01-21T00:00:00+01:00", // "Duration": "05:30:00" // } string jsonWithUtcTimeZone = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(flight, Formatting.Indented, new JsonSerializerSettings { DateTimeZoneHandling = DateTimeZoneHandling.Utc }); Console.WriteLine(jsonWithUtcTimeZone); // { // "Destination": "Dubai", // "DepartureDate": "2013-01-21T00:00:00Z", // "DepartureDateUtc": "2013-01-21T00:00:00Z", // "DepartureDateLocal": "2013-01-20T23:00:00Z", // "Duration": "05:30:00" // } string jsonWithUnspecifiedTimeZone = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(flight, Formatting.Indented, new JsonSerializerSettings { DateTimeZoneHandling = DateTimeZoneHandling.Unspecified }); Console.WriteLine(jsonWithUnspecifiedTimeZone); // { // "Destination": "Dubai", // "DepartureDate": "2013-01-21T00:00:00", // "DepartureDateUtc": "2013-01-21T00:00:00", // "DepartureDateLocal": "2013-01-21T00:00:00", // "Duration": "05:30:00" // } #endregion } } }