private object DeserializeStringIntoDateTime()
{
// DivDiv 41127: Never confuse atlas serialized strings with dates.
// DevDiv 74430: JavasciptSerializer will need to handle date time offset - following WCF design
// serialized dates look like: "\/Date(123)\/" or "\/Date(123A)" or "Date(123+4567)" or Date(123-4567)"
// the A, +14567, -4567 portion in the above example is ignored
int pos = _s.IndexOf(DateTimeSuffix);
Match match = Regex.Match(_s.Substring(pos + DateTimeSuffixLength),
@"^""\\/Date\((?<ticks>-?[0-9]+)(?:[a-zA-Z]|(?:\+|-)[0-9]{4})?\)\\/""");
string ticksStr = match.Groups["ticks"].Value;
long ticks;
if (long.TryParse(ticksStr, out ticks))
{
_s.MoveNext(match.Length);
// The javascript ticks start from 1/1/1970 but FX DateTime ticks start from 1/1/0001
DateTime dt = new DateTime(ticks * 10000 + JavaScriptSerializer.DatetimeMinTimeTicks, DateTimeKind.Utc);
return(dt);
}
else
{
// If we failed to get a DateTime, treat it as a string
return(DeserializeString());
}
}
