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WCF: Is there a way to return different datetime serialization based on the http Accept-Language header?

I would like my REST service to return a DateTime as:

  • 01-dec-2009 for Accept-Language: en-US
  • 01-dez-2009 for Accept-Language: pt-BR

Thanks!

André Carlucci

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Jeremy McGee  2009-12-01 20:41:49
Hi Jeremy, that's the way, but how to get access to the Accept-Language header in my WebGet method?
andrecarlucci  2009-12-01 20:50:28
@andrecarlucci - answer updated.
Jeremy McGee  2009-12-01 22:09:27
So the answer is: "there is no way"?
andrecarlucci  2010-09-01 15:09:19
@andrecarlucci: try looking at `WebOperationContext.Current.IncomingRequest.Headers` to see the headers for the incoming request.
Jeremy McGee  2010-09-01 15:19:12
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I would argue that "serialization" means "converting something to text format for interchange/storage" and not to present to a human reader.

By this definition, it must be language independent, and follow the XML serialization convention, or ISO 8601, or a CultureInfo::InvariantCulture. See also http://www.mihai-nita.net/article.php?artID=20051025a

If we don't call it "serialization" then

Mihai Nita  2009-12-02 09:08:09

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