How to serialize/deserialize an ASP.NET JSON date using Jackson?

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I'm having some difficulty trying to get Jackson to serialize/deserialize JSON date strings sent from an ASP.NET service. The string is in the following format:

/Date(1234567890123)/

A simple example of the type of output I get from the server is like the following:

{
    "name" : "Bob Marley",
    "birthdate" : "/Date(1234567890123)/"
}

How can I get Jackson to convert the date to a Java date object? Is there a way to do it without having to write a custom serializer/deserializer?

What do you want to do instead of writing a custom deserializer? It is not that much work: stackoverflow.com/questions/9184477/… You could alter the resulting object, deserialize as String and write a getter that parses the String at access. I don't think that is more elegant. — Hauke Ingmar Schmidt
– Hauke Ingmar Schmidt, Commented Feb 7, 2012 at 23:45
If anyone needs code, look at this question: stackoverflow.com/questions/14906981/…. Although eventually I've switched to faster JSON library on the server that also gives you ISO8601 format - stackoverflow.com/questions/14973286/… — nikib3ro
– nikib3ro, Commented Mar 27, 2013 at 13:08

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:11:23Z

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Your best bet is to write a custom deserializer. Or alternatively, to store the string representation of the date in your bean, but provide an alternative getter that converts the string to a date using a DateFormat instance. The first option is cleaner and more efficient.

See question previously asked here on SO.

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Henrik Barratt Due · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-08 07:46:40Z

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I think the ASP.NET service is producing a strange value for the date and would change that if I could. If I cannot, then writing a customer deserializer is the way to go.

answered Feb 8, 2012 at 7:46

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