(MFC) Parse a Microsoft JSON Date (MS AJAX Date)

Demonstrates how to parse a Microsoft JSON Date, also known as an MSAJAX date.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.76 or greater.

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See Also: Using MFC CString in Chilkat

#include <CkJsonObject.h>
#include <CkDateTime.h>
#include <CkDtObj.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkString strOut;

    // Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.76 or greater.
    // The ability to automatically parse Microsoft JSON Dates (AJAX Dates) was added in v9.5.0.76
    CkJsonObject json;

    bool success = json.Load("{ \"AchievementDate\":\"/Date(1540229468330-0500)/\"}");

    CkDateTime dt;
    success = json.DateOf("AchievementDate",dt);
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append("Unable to parse a date/time.");
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // Show the date in different formats:
    bool bLocal = true;
    strOut.append("RFC822: ");
    strOut.append(dt.getAsRfc822(bLocal));
    strOut.append("\r\n");
    strOut.append("Timestamp: ");
    strOut.append(dt.getAsTimestamp(bLocal));
    strOut.append("\r\n");
    strOut.append("YYYY-MM-DD: ");
    strOut.append(dt.getAsIso8601("YYYY-MM-DD",bLocal));
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    // Get integer values for year, month, day, etc.
    CkDtObj *dtObj = dt.GetDtObj(bLocal);
    strOut.append("year: ");
    strOut.appendInt(dtObj->get_Year());
    strOut.append("\r\n");
    strOut.append("month: ");
    strOut.appendInt(dtObj->get_Month());
    strOut.append("\r\n");
    strOut.append("day: ");
    strOut.appendInt(dtObj->get_Day());
    strOut.append("\r\n");
    strOut.append("hour: ");
    strOut.appendInt(dtObj->get_Hour());
    strOut.append("\r\n");
    strOut.append("minute: ");
    strOut.appendInt(dtObj->get_Minute());
    strOut.append("\r\n");
    strOut.append("seconds: ");
    strOut.appendInt(dtObj->get_Second());
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    delete dtObj;

    // Sample output:
    // RFC822: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 17:31:08 -0500
    // Timestamp: 2018-10-22T17:31:08-05:00
    // YYYY-MM-DD: 2018-10-22
    // year: 2018
    // month: 10
    // day: 22
    // hour: 17
    // minute: 31
    // seconds: 8


    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }