Customizing OData DateTime output - asp.net-mvc

Question

I have the following model:
public class PersonModel {
public int Id {get; set;}
public DateTime BirthDay {get;set;}
....
}
When a make a get request OData returns a DateTimeOffset instead of a DateTime. For instance, the request '/api/rest/people/1' returns:
{
id:1,
birthDay: "12/7/2016 8:57:58 PM +00:00"
....
}
What I want? I just need to return the Date value "12/7/2016". I have tried to implement a custom ODataPayloadValue converter but OData doesn't seem to understand the 'DateTime' type.
public override object ConvertToPayloadValue(object value, IEdmTypeReference edmTypeReference)
{
/// There isn't a IEdmtypeRefere.IsDateTime
/// Thus OData always think that DateTime is equals to DateTimeOffset
if (value is DateTime)
{
///Do some stuff here.
}
return base.ConvertToPayloadValue(value, edmTypeReference);
}

Answer 1

The easiest way - extend your model like this:
public class PersonModel {
public int Id {get; set;}
public DateTime BirthDay {get;set;}
// add this property and you get it. You can rename it if you want
public string BirthDate {get {return this.BirthDay.ToShourtDateString(); }}
....
}

Answer 2

After doing some research, I found out that there is a way to achieve what I want by implementing two classes:
// A custom serializer provider to inject the AnnotatingEntitySerializer.
public class CustomODataSerializerProvider : DefaultODataSerializerProvider
{
private AnnotatingEntitySerializer _annotatingEntitySerializer;
public CustomODataSerializerProvider()
{
_annotatingEntitySerializer = new AnnotatingEntitySerializer(this);
}
public override ODataEdmTypeSerializer GetEdmTypeSerializer(IEdmTypeReference edmType)
{
if (edmType.IsEntity())
{
return _annotatingEntitySerializer;
}
return base.GetEdmTypeSerializer(edmType);
}
}
// A custom entity serializer that adds the score annotation to document entries.
public class AnnotatingEntitySerializer : ODataEntityTypeSerializer
{
public AnnotatingEntitySerializer(ODataSerializerProvider serializerProvider)
: base(serializerProvider)
{
}
public override ODataEntry CreateEntry(SelectExpandNode selectExpandNode, EntityInstanceContext entityInstanceContext)
{
ODataEntry entry = base.CreateEntry(selectExpandNode, entityInstanceContext);
PersonModel person = entityInstanceContext.EntityInstance as PersonModel;
var property = entry.Properties.Where(x => x.Name == "birthDate").FirstOrDefault();
property.Value = ((DateTimeOffset)property.Value).DateTime.ToShortDateString();
return entry;
}
}