# C1.Web.Mvc.BaseODataCollectionViewService-1.InferDataTypes

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<h1 id="C1_Web_Mvc_BaseODataCollectionViewService_1_InferDataTypes_" data-uid="C1.Web.Mvc.BaseODataCollectionViewService`1.InferDataTypes*">InferDataTypes Property
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<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets or sets a value that determines whether fields that contain strings that look like standard date representations should be converted to dates automatically.</p>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public bool InferDataTypes { get; set; }</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Public Property InferDataTypes As Boolean</code></pre>
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<h5 id="C1_Web_Mvc_BaseODataCollectionViewService_1_InferDataTypes_remarks">Remarks</h5>
<div class="markdown level1 remarks"><p>This property is set to true by default, because the <a class="xref" href="C1.Web.Mvc.BaseODataCollectionViewService-1.html">BaseODataCollectionViewService&lt;T&gt;</a> class uses JSON and that format does not support Date objects.</p>
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