Storing datetime value as UTC time as from the SDK expected

Author: dei79

CoreHelpers.WindowsAzure.Storage.Table.Tests/ITS017ImportFromJson.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System.Text;
+using System.Text;
 using CoreHelpers.WindowsAzure.Storage.Table.Tests.Contracts;
 using CoreHelpers.WindowsAzure.Storage.Table.Tests.Extensions;
 using CoreHelpers.WindowsAzure.Storage.Table.Tests.Models;
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public async Task VerifyImportFromJson()
                 storageContext.AddAttributeMapper(typeof(DemoModel2), tableName1);
 
                 // define the import data 
-                var staticExportData = "[{\"RowKey\":\"2\",\"PartitionKey\":\"1\",\"Properties\":[{\"PropertyName\":\"P\",\"PropertyType\":0,\"PropertyValue\":\"1\"},{\"PropertyName\":\"R\",\"PropertyType\":0,\"PropertyValue\":\"2\"}]}]";
+                var staticExportData = "[{\"RowKey\":\"2\",\"PartitionKey\":\"1\",\"Properties\":[{\"PropertyName\":\"P\",\"PropertyType\":0,\"PropertyValue\":\"1\"},{\"PropertyName\":\"R\",\"PropertyType\":0,\"PropertyValue\":\"2\"},{\"PropertyName\":\"CreatedAt\",\"PropertyType\":3,\"PropertyValue\":\"2023-01-30T22:58:40.5859427+00:00\"}]}]";
                 var staticExportDataStream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(staticExportData ?? ""));
 
                 // check if we have an empty tabel before import
@@ -53,7 +53,13 @@ public async Task VerifyImportFromJson()
                 // get the data
                 var data = await storageContext.Query<DemoModel2>().Now();
                 Assert.Equal("1", data.First().P);
-                Assert.Equal("2", data.First().R);                
+                Assert.Equal("2", data.First().R);
+
+                var createdAtDate = DateTime.Parse("2023-01-30T22:58:40.5859427+00:00");
+                var createdAtDateFromDataLoad = data.First().CreatedAt;
+                
+                Assert.Equal(createdAtDate.ToUniversalTime(), createdAtDateFromDataLoad);
+                Assert.Equal(createdAtDate.ToUniversalTime(), createdAtDateFromDataLoad.ToUniversalTime());
 
                 // drop table
                 await storageContext.DropTableAsync<DemoModel2>();                

CoreHelpers.WindowsAzure.Storage.Table.Tests/Models/DemoModel2.cs

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ public class DemoModel2
 
         [RowKey]
         public string R { get; set; } = "R1";
+
+        public DateTime CreatedAt { get; set; } = DateTime.MinValue;
     }
 }
 

CoreHelpers.WindowsAzure.Storage.Table/StorageContextImportExport.cs

@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ public async Task ImportFromJsonAsync(string tableName, StreamReader reader, Act
                             if ((ExportEdmType)property.PropertyType == ExportEdmType.String && property.PropertyValue is DateTime)
                             {
                                 property.PropertyValue = ((DateTime)property.PropertyValue).ToString("o");
+                            } else if ((ExportEdmType)property.PropertyType == ExportEdmType.DateTime) {
+                                property.PropertyValue = ((DateTime)property.PropertyValue).ToUniversalTime();
                             }
                         }