Show date part only

Question

I would like to display only the date on the page.

SQL column has type date.

Model

public System.DateTime EndDate { get; set; }

View

@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.EndDate.Date)

This gives me no warnings or errors, however the time is still displaying on the page.

Dai · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-28T23:23:54.560

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DateTime.Date returns a new instance of DateTime with the time component set to midnight (rather than removing the Time completely), it's only useful for normalizing date/time values and is not intended for display purposes.

Anyway, you don't need DisplayFor, you can render the date directly:

@item.EndDate.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd")

edited Jun 28 '13 at 23:23

answered Jun 28 '13 at 22:28

Dai

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Thank you for the response much appreciated, looks like I still have much to learn! – AM_Hawk Jun 29 '13 at 00:19

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:24

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You can use theDate.ToShortDateString() or use a custom date/time string format.

The benefit of ToShortDateString() is that it is CULTURALLY SENSITIVE making your application more accessible.

If you want to use the Html.DisplayFor template helper then you may want to build a ShortDateTime.cshtml display template. Learn more about that here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/6001836/941058

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answered Jun 28 '13 at 22:49

kingdango

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 28 '13 at 22:26

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Try the ToString() date formatters:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kb3ddd4.aspx

Example:

@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.EndDate.Date.ToString("MMMM dd, yyyy")

answered Jun 28 '13 at 22:26

Haney

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