using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;
var myObj = new { DOB = DateTime.Now.AddYears(-20) };
Console.WriteLine("Newtonsoft ->\t\t" + JsonConvert.SerializeObject(myObj, new NewtonsoftDateTimeConverter()));
var options = new JsonSerializerOptions();
options.Converters.Add(new SystemTextJsonDateTimeConverter());
Console.WriteLine("System.Text.Json ->\t" + System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Serialize(myObj, options));
public class NewtonsoftDateTimeConverter : DateTimeConverterBase
public override object? ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object? existingValue, Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer serializer)
throw new NotImplementedException();
public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, object value, Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer serializer)
DateTime val = (DateTime)value;
writer.WriteStartConstructor("Date");
writer.WriteValue(val.Year);
writer.WriteValue(val.Month - 1);
writer.WriteValue(val.Day);
writer.WriteValue(val.Hour);
writer.WriteValue(val.Minute);
writer.WriteValue(val.Second);
writer.WriteEndConstructor();
public class SystemTextJsonDateTimeConverter : System.Text.Json.Serialization.JsonConverter<DateTime>
public override DateTime Read(ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options)
throw new NotImplementedException();
public override void Write(Utf8JsonWriter writer, DateTime value, JsonSerializerOptions options)
writer.WriteStartObject("Date");
writer.WriteNumberValue(value.Year);
writer.WriteNumberValue(value.Month - 1);
writer.WriteNumberValue(value.Day);
writer.WriteNumberValue(value.Hour);
writer.WriteNumberValue(value.Minute);
writer.WriteNumberValue(value.Second);
writer.WriteNumberValue(0);