FixDates Recursion Example
An example for Fixing Dates within objects recursively, for Stack Overflow question:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10884813/what-is-the-best-way-to-handle-time-zones-with-javascript
JavaScript
/* var app = window.app = $.extend(true, {}, app, {
// Creating a namespace for my app which is safe across multiple files.
ajax: function (options) {
var defaultSettings = {
type: 'POST',
async: true
};
// Capture the settings.
var settings = $.extend(true, {}, defaultSettings, options);
// Install our general handlers;
if (settings.success) {
settings.success = function (data, textStatus, jqXHR) {
app.OnPostSuccess(data, textStatus, jqXHR, options.success);
}
} else
settings.success = app.OnPostSuccess;
if (settings.error) {
settings.error = function (jqXHR, ajaxSettings, thrownError) {
app.OnPostError(event, jqXHR, ajaxSettings, thrownError, options.error);
}
} else
settings.error = app.OnPostError;
$.ajax(settings);
},
OnPostSuccess: function (data, textStatus, jqXHR, fn_after) {
// Do my generalized success handling here.
// Fix Dates.
var fixedData = app.FixDate(data);
// Call any other handler that's been specified.
if (typeof fn_after === 'function')
fn_after(fixedData, textStatus, jqXHR);
},
OnPostError: function (jqXHR, ajaxSettings, thrownError, fn_after) {
// Do my generalized error handling here.
// Call any other handler that's been specified.
if (typeof fn_after === 'function')
fn_after(jqXHR, ajaxSettings, thrownError);
},
FixDate: function (obj) {
var fixed = obj;
if (typeof obj == 'string' && obj.indexOf('\/Date(') == 0) {
// Microsoft date "/Date(12345678)/" -...