I'm using EF6 + MVC for a site. The dataTables editor is used for an UI. One table has a field 'StartDate'. It is a datetime type in the SQL Server.
It works fine until when I try to edit the 'StartDate' value. From the browser debug, I can see that the JSON send from backend to UI is in the timestamp format, i.e. /Date(1541923200000)/ .
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In the dataTables, I convert this to the correct local datetime format, so it shows correctly.
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However, I could not figure out how to do this in Editor. It always shows the /Date(1541923200000)/ .
The code I use is:
editorAdvertisement = new $.fn.dataTable.Editor({
ajax: '/APN/GetAdvertisementData',
table: "#tblAdvertisements",
fields: [{
label: "StartDate",
name: "AdvStartDate"
, type: "datetime"
, format: 'MM\/DD\/YYYY h:mm a'
}, {
label: "Deadline",
name: "AdvDeadline"
, type: "datetime"
}, {
label: "TitleOfAdv",
name: "TitleOfAdv"
}, {
label: "ListPrice",
name: "ListPrice"
}
]
});
var tbl = $('#tblAdvertisements').DataTable({
pageLength: 10,
dom: '<"html5buttons"B>lTfgitp',
ajax: '/APN/GetAdvertisementData'
,
columns: [
{
data: "AdvStartDate", name: "AdvStartDate"
, type: "datetime"
, render: function (value) {
var r = convertDate(value);
return r;
}
, "autoWidth": true
},
{
data: "AdvDeadline", name: "AdvDeadline"
, type: "datetime"
, render: function (value) {
var r = convertDate(value);
return r;
}
, "autoWidth": true
},
{ data: "TitleOfAdv", name: "TitleOfAdv", "autoWidth": true },
{
data: "ListPrice", name: "ListPrice", "autoWidth": true
, render: $.fn.dataTable.render.number(',', '.', 0, '$')
}
],
order: [1, 'asc'],
select: {
style: 'os',
selector: 'td:first-child'
},
buttons: [
{ extend: "create", editor: editorAdvertisement }
, { extend: "edit", editor: editorAdvertisement }
, { extend: "remove", editor: editorAdvertisement }
]
, select: true
, searching: false
, paging: false
});
In the controller
[AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Get | HttpVerbs.Post)]
public ActionResult GetAdvertisementData()
{
var request = HttpContext.Request.Form;
var settings = Properties.Settings.Default;
using (var db = new Database(settings.DbType, settings.DbConnection))
{
var response = new Editor(db, "Advertising", new[] { "AdvertisingID" })
.TryCatch(false)
.Model<Advertising2>()
.Field(new Field("AdvStartDate")
.Validator(Validation.DateFormat(
"MM/dd/yyyy",
new ValidationOpts { Message = "Please enter a date in the format MM/dd/yyyy" }
))
.GetFormatter(Format.DateTime("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", "MM/dd/yyyy"))
.SetFormatter(Format.DateTime("MM/dd/yyyy", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"))
)
.Field(new Field("AdvDeadline")
.Validator(Validation.DateFormat(
"MM/dd/yyyy",
new ValidationOpts { Message = "Please enter a date in the format MM/dd/yyyy" }
))
.GetFormatter(Format.DateSqlToFormat("MM/dd/yyyy"))
.SetFormatter(Format.DateFormatToSql("MM/dd/yyyy"))
)
.Field(new Field("TitleOfAdv"))
.Field(new Field("ListPrice"))
.Process(request)
.Data();
return Json(response, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}
}
How to fix this?
