c# datatype for json time

Question

I got the following json result from a rest api and I am using Newtonsoft.Json to deserialize it to a c# object.

    {
  "d": {
    "results": [
      {
        "Aufnr": "4000103",
        "Workdate": "/Date(1482796800000)/",
        "Beguz": "PT07H30M00S",
      }
    ]
  }
}

Aufnr and Workdate are working with String and DateTime, but I got no clue which datatype to use for Beguz

I tried TimeSpan and DateTime and got this error: Error converting value "PT07H30M00S" to type 'System.TimeSpan'. Path '[0].Beguz'

Any ideas?

That is a string,isn't it? I guess that it contains a time (07:30:00) but with that format is a string. You could add a property to your object to "translate" it to datetime, or use a custom converter — Pikoh, Jan 17 '17 at 16:19
to me this look like a timespan format. You need to parse it manually do — Jester, Jan 17 '17 at 16:20
@J.Steen _"Nowhere near a standardized format"_ - [is ISO 8601 standardized enough](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12466188/how-do-i-convert-an-iso8601-timespan-to-a-c-sharp-timespan)? ;) — CodeCaster, Jan 17 '17 at 16:22
@CodeCaster Holy crap, I was looking through the ISO8601 before I posted that comment - very briefly I admit - but missed that! My extreme bad. — J. Steen, Jan 17 '17 at 16:22
Have a look [here](https://github.com/JamesNK/Newtonsoft.Json/issues/863).You've got a example custom converter that may help you — Pikoh, Jan 17 '17 at 16:30

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 17 '17 at 16:18

This is a pure string:

public string Beguz { get; set; }

Of course if you want this PT07H30M00S string to be represented by some complex custom structure you could write a custom JsonConverter to achieve this task. In this converter you will need to provide the logic of how to parse this string back to some custom structure of yours.

c# datatype for json time

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