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Question

I create Web Api

Method GET

[HttpGet]
[CustomBasicAuthorize]
public UpdateStatus CreateTimePost(long alarmId, int time, string clientTimeFormat)
{  
  //code  
}

Example of url :

var url =string.Format("http://xxx.xx.xx.xx:51165//api/alllarms/CreateTimePostFacebook?alarmId={0}&time={1}&clientTimeFormat={2}", id,  unixTimestamp, clienttime);

where clienttime="2014-03-17T17:40:10+0200"

But on the server I get "3/17/2014 7:40:10 PM 02:00" without plus ("+")

And thats why I can't convert to correct time.

var clientTime = DateTimeOffset.Parse(correctString, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

I get error "Incorrect datetime format"

Answer 1

Use HttpUtility.UrlEncode or WebUtility.UrlEncode to encode your url

HttpUtility.UrlEncode(clienttime)

Since + means a space when in url.