or
<input type="datetime" id="dateOfService" name="dateOfService" style="width:250px;" />var dateOfService = $("#dateOfService").kendoDateTimePicker({ value: new Date(), culture: "en-US", format: "dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss", parseFormats: ["dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss"] });$.post("/Home/CreateJob", { dateOfService: new Date($("#dateOfService").data("kendoDateTimePicker").value()) }).success(function (data) { console.log("success"); }).fail(function (data) { console.log("fail") ; });[HttpPost] public JsonResult CreateJob(string dateOfService) { try { DateTime d = Convert.ToDateTime(dateOfService); //can't do this. not recognized as valid date/time } catch(Exception e){ } 