Date Format Switched Passing Parameter From Jquery to Controller - asp.net-mvc

Question

I am using the following in my view:
var myDate = $(inpDateCompleted).val();
alert(myDate)
var url = '#(Url.Action("HoursByDay", "DashBoard"))?dateCompleted=' + myDate;
alert(url)
Both alerts correctly display the date format as 01/11/2011 (1st of November). However once the date is passed into in my controller event via the above url the date is incorrect as 11/01/2011(11th of January):
[HttpGet]
public ActionResult HoursByDay(DateTime dateCompleted)
{
var s = ExecuteSqlCommand2(dateCompleted);
return Content(s, "application/json");
}
And the data produced is incorrect. How can I correct this?
As per recommendations I have set the culture using:
var localizationOptions = new RequestLocalizationOptions
{
// Set options here to change middleware behavior
SupportedCultures = new List<CultureInfo>
{
new CultureInfo("en-NZ"),
},
SupportedUICultures = new List<CultureInfo>
{
new CultureInfo("en-NZ"),
}
};
app.UseRequestLocalization(localizationOptions, defaultRequestCulture: new RequestCulture("en-NZ"));

Answer 1

If you know your date string will be always in the dd/MM/yyyy format, you may use the DateTime.TryParseExact method to build a datetime object from a string. Change your Action method parameter to a string and parse this string with the pattern/format.
[HttpGet]
public ActionResult HoursByDay(string dateCompleted)
{
DateTime parsedDate;
if(DateTime.TryParseExact(dateCompleted,"dd/MM/yyyy",CultureInfo.CurrentCulture,
DateTimeStyles.None,out parsedDate))
{
// parsedDate is a valid DateTime object now
var s = ExecuteSqlCommand2(parsedDate);
return Json(s);
}
else
{
// could not create a valid DateTime object from inputString
// to do :return something
}
}