diff --git a/Jellyfin.Api/TypeConverters/DateTimeTypeConverter.cs b/Jellyfin.Api/TypeConverters/DateTimeTypeConverter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c54a8c0d81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Jellyfin.Api/TypeConverters/DateTimeTypeConverter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+using System;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+using System.Globalization;
+
+namespace Jellyfin.Api.TypeConverters
+{
+ ///
+ /// Custom datetime parser.
+ ///
+ public class DateTimeTypeConverter : TypeConverter
+ {
+ ///
+ public override bool CanConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext context, Type sourceType)
+ {
+ if (sourceType == typeof(string))
+ {
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ return base.CanConvertFrom(context, sourceType);
+ }
+
+ ///
+ public override object ConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext context, CultureInfo culture, object value)
+ {
+ if (value is string dateString)
+ {
+ if (DateTime.TryParseExact(dateString, "yyyyMMddHHmmss", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.AssumeUniversal, out var dateTime))
+ {
+ return dateTime;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return base.ConvertFrom(context, culture, value);
+ }
+ }
+}
diff --git a/Jellyfin.Server/Startup.cs b/Jellyfin.Server/Startup.cs
index 108d8f881e..d0dd183c68 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Server/Startup.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Server/Startup.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-using System.Net.Http;
+using System;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+using Jellyfin.Api.TypeConverters;
using Jellyfin.Server.Extensions;
using Jellyfin.Server.Middleware;
using Jellyfin.Server.Models;
@@ -94,6 +96,9 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server
});
app.Use(serverApplicationHost.ExecuteHttpHandlerAsync);
+
+ // Add type descriptor for legacy datetime parsing.
+ TypeDescriptor.AddAttributes(typeof(DateTime?), new TypeConverterAttribute(typeof(DateTimeTypeConverter)));
}
}
}