[TestClass]
public class DateConversionTests
{
    public DateConversionTests()
    {
    }        
 
 
    [TestMethod]
    public void AjaxDate_IsoDate_DataContract_DeserializationTest()
    {
        string isodate = "\"2009-09-14T08:22:11Z\"";
 
        // fails  - IDEALLY this should work to work with native JSON parsers
        DateTime date = (DateTime)FromJsonString(isodate, typeof(DateTime));
        Console.WriteLine(date);
    }
 
    [TestMethod]
    public void AjaxDate_IsoDate_JavaScriptSerializer_DeserializationTest()
    {
        string isodate = "\"2009-09-14T08:22:11Z\"";
        JavaScriptSerializer ser = new JavaScriptSerializer();
 
        // works fine
        DateTime date = ser.Deserialize<DateTime>(isodate);
        Console.WriteLine(date);
    }
 
 
    [TestMethod]
    public void AjaxDate_MsDate_DataContract_DeserializationTest()
    {
        string msajaxdate = "\"\\/Date(1252969200000-0700)\\/\"";
 
        // works - full MS Ajax Date
        DateTime date = (DateTime) FromJsonString(msajaxdate, typeof(DateTime));            
        Console.WriteLine(date);
    }
 
    [TestMethod]
    public void AjaxDate_MsDate_Simplified_DataContract_DeserializationTest()
    {
        string msajaxdate = "\"/Date(1252969200000-0700)/\"";
 
        // Also works - surprisingly as it's effectively a complete different format
        DateTime date = (DateTime)FromJsonString(msajaxdate, typeof(DateTime));
        Console.WriteLine(date);
    }
 
    [TestMethod]
    public void AjaxDate_MsDate_Simplified_JavaScriptSerializer_DeserializationTest()
    {
        string msajaxdate = "\"/Date(1252969200000-0700)/\"";
 
        JavaScriptSerializer ser = new JavaScriptSerializer();
 
        // doesn't work 
        DateTime date = ser.Deserialize<DateTime>(msajaxdate);
        Console.WriteLine(date);
    }
 
 
   
 
    static object FromJsonString(string json, Type type)
    {
        MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(json));
        DataContractJsonSerializer ser = new DataContractJsonSerializer(type);
        object value = ser.ReadObject(ms);
        ms.Close();
 
        return value;
    }
 
    /// <summary>
    ///Gets or sets the test context which provides
    ///information about and functionality for the current test run.
    ///</summary>
    public TestContext TestContext
    {
        get
        {
            return testContextInstance;
        }
        set
        {
            testContextInstance = value;
        }
    }
}