implementing XML Serialization in .NET Core 3.1 - Custom Dates Not Formatting Correctly
I'm learning this framework and I'm experimenting with I've searched everywhere and can't find a clear answer. I'm collaborating on a project where Does anyone know how to I've been struggling with this for a few days now and could really use some help... I'm working on a .NET Core 3.1 application that requires serializing a complex object to XML. One of the properties in my class is a `DateTime` and I need it to be formatted in a specific way: `yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss`. However, when I serialize the object, it always defaults to the ISO 8601 format, and I need to seem to figure out how to customize the date format during serialization. Here's the class I'm trying to serialize: ```csharp public class Event { public string Name { get; set; } public DateTime EventDate { get; set; } } ``` When I try to serialize an instance like this: ```csharp var myEvent = new Event { Name = "Sample Event", EventDate = new DateTime(2023, 10, 20, 15, 30, 0) }; var xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Event)); using (var stringWriter = new StringWriter()) { xmlSerializer.Serialize(stringWriter, myEvent); var result = stringWriter.ToString(); Console.WriteLine(result); } ``` The output I'm getting is: ```xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?> <Event> <Name>Sample Event</Name> <EventDate>2023-10-20T15:30:00</EventDate> </Event> ``` As you can see, `EventDate` is formatted in the default ISO format instead of the desired format. I've tried implementing `IXmlSerializable`, but it's adding unnecessary complexity to my code. I also looked into using the `XmlElement` attribute with a `DataType`, but that didn't seem to affect the serialization format for `DateTime` properties. Is there a straightforward way to achieve custom date formatting during XML serialization in .NET Core 3.1? Any help would be greatly appreciated! This is part of a larger web app I'm building. Any help would be greatly appreciated! This is happening in both development and production on Debian. Thanks, I really appreciate it! I'm coming from a different tech stack and learning C#. Thanks, I really appreciate it! I recently upgraded to C# 3.10. What would be the recommended way to handle this? This issue appeared after updating to C# 3.11.