Want to serialize and deserialize JSON that contain dates properly?
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(function() {
var jsonParse = JSON.parse;
var reDate = /^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\.\d{3}Z$/i;
function jsonDate(obj) {
var type = typeof(obj);
if(type == 'object') {
for(var p in obj)
if(obj.hasOwnProperty(p))
obj[p] = jsonDate(obj[p]);
return obj;
} else if(type == 'string' && reDate.test(obj)) {
return new Date(obj);
}
return obj;
}
JSON.parse = function(str) { return jsonDate(jsonParse(str)); }
})();
/*
* Tests
*/
var dt = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify({date: new Date()}));
console.log(typeof(dt.date));
console.log(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(null)));
console.log(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(123)));
console.log(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify("test")));
console.log(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(new Date())));
console.log(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify([1,new Date(),2])));
console.log(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify({d: new Date(), d2: {d3: new Date(), d4: [0,new Date(),4]}})));