title: Problem with jQuery ajax parameters
body: <p>I'm sending a date to my webservice in this format: 12/14/2010 but the "/" character is causing the posted value to be something like 0.0323483238432834. How do I literally send the date in that format? Heres the ajax code I use:</p>
  
  <pre><code>function createNewPromo() {
              var a = $("#txtDateStart").val();
              var b = $("#txtDateEnd").val();
              $.ajax({
                  type: "POST",
                  url: "/WebService_VehicleDisplay.asmx/createNewPromo",
                  data: "{startDate:" + a + "," + "endDate:" + b + "}",
                  contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
                  dataType: "json",
                  success: function (msg) {
                      var response = msg.d;
  
                  },
                  failure: function (msg) {
                      alert('failure');
                  }
              });
          } 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Edit: here is what firebug says. endDate/startDate are my parameters.(this is what is being posted to my web service.).</p>
  
  <pre><code>    JSON
  
  endDate
      0.00021321961620469082
  
  startDate
      0.00028429282160625445
  Source
  {startDate:12/21/2010,endDate:12/28/2010}
  </code></pre>