Hi. Is there any examples of serialization? For example with @Serializable Thanks

# kotlinx-datetime

[Darren Bell]

Hi. Is there any examples of serialization? For example with @Serializable

Thanks

[Marc Knaup]

Do you mean making kotlinx.datetime types serializable?

@Serializer(forClass = Instant::class)
internal object InstantSerializer : KSerializer<Instant> {

   override val descriptor: SerialDescriptor =
      PrimitiveSerialDescriptor("kotlinx.datetime.Instant", PrimitiveKind.STRING)


   override fun serialize(encoder: Encoder, value: Instant) {
      encoder.encodeString(value.toString())
   }


   override fun deserialize(decoder: Decoder): Instant =
      Instant.parse(decoder.decodeString())
}

[Javier]

It is planned kotlinx-datetime get Serialization support ootb, maybe an ETA should be great

[Joost Klitsie]

I think serialization of times is a pain point in general, being able to just pass in datetimes or instant in your DTO and magically receive it on the other end would be great 🙂