How to bind a DateTime in a specific format in ASP.NET MVC 3 using @Html.DisplayFor(.....)?

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How to render a DateTime in a specific format in ASP.NET MVC 3 using @Html.DisplayFor(.....)? If I have in my model class a property of type DateTime how can I render it in a specific format.

Data Annotation:
        [DisplayName("Created On")]
        [DataType(DataType.Date)]
        [DisplayFormat(ApplyFormatInEditMode = true, DataFormatString = "{0:d}")]
        public object CreatedOn { get; set; }

View:

  @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.CreatedOn)

it displaying only Date in mm/dd/yyyy format, but i want dd/mm/yyyy hh: mm:ssss or mm/dd/yyyy hh: mm:ssss in this format.

Please refer to this questions http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6001654/how-to-render-a-datetime-in-a-specific-format-in-asp-net-mvc-3 — Conrad Lotz, Aug 19 '13 at 10:01
I tried @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.MyDateTime.ToLongDateString()), but it is not working — Boss, Aug 19 '13 at 10:30

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 19 '13 at 12:53

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You can use DisplayFormat attribute, see MSDN Ref

[DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "{0:dd/MM/yyyy}", 
                                                  ApplyFormatInEditMode = true)]
public DateTime YourDateTime { get; set; }

edited Aug 19 '13 at 12:53

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answered Aug 19 '13 at 10:06

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@PKKG Attribute parameters must be constants. For an application that handles multiple cultures, the date format string is not constant. Therefore this method using attributes is not a good solution for multi-cultural applications. – Oliver Aug 19 '13 at 13:33
@PKKG If the format was hard-coded in the model, or if the application was designed only for 'dd/MM/yyyy', then the application is NOT multi-cultural. My comment of "This isn't a good solution for multi-cultural applications." still stands true for this solution. – Oliver Aug 19 '13 at 13:48
Stop it guys Oliver and PKKG, You both are correct in there respective thinking. Lets have peace – Satpal Aug 19 '13 at 14:00
@PKKG & Satpal All friendly here, just clarifying my point :). The difference is that in my example, the string can be replaced with a variable containing the date format of the user, whereas this is not possible with attribute parameters. – Oliver Aug 19 '13 at 14:05

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 30 '13 at 10:20

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If your requirement just showing date and time in the format of dd/mm/yyyy hh: mm:ssss, no need to use DisplayFor(), use like below it displays date and time

 @item.CreatedOn

answered Aug 30 '13 at 10:20

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Oliver · Answer 3 · 2013-08-19T10:08:09.587

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If you want to render the DateTime in a SPECIFIC format, you could just render the DateTime using ToString() and pass the format string that you require:

@Model.DateField.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy")

Otherwise, @Html.DisplayFor(model => model.DateField) will use the format defined in the thread's culture.

The thread's culture can be set to automatically use the client's culture (using the Accept-Language request header) in the web.config file:

  <system.web>
    <globalization enableClientBasedCulture="true" />
  </system.web>

edited Aug 19 '13 at 10:08

answered Aug 19 '13 at 10:01

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It is showing error like ToString() does not have an overloaded method that takes 1 argument – Boss Aug 19 '13 at 10:42
By the looks of it, you have changed your data type to object, this should be DateTime. Change it back to DateTime and this error should stop. – Oliver Aug 19 '13 at 10:45
Its not suitable for my requirement – Boss Aug 19 '13 at 10:45
No change in output whether data type is object or DateTime – Boss Aug 19 '13 at 10:47
Did you remember to build the solution? – Oliver Aug 19 '13 at 10:48
Hey..If you run the application first it builds the application and then it executes – Boss Aug 19 '13 at 10:50
It might be worth posting your model and your view. – Oliver Aug 19 '13 at 10:51
I am getting Data from my database in the correct format as I required, but unable to display in view – Boss Aug 19 '13 at 10:55

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Aug 19 '13 at 12:52

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You can use the ToString() method for your problem.

Datevalue.ToString("dd.MM.yyyy");

or

Datevalue.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy");

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answered Aug 19 '13 at 10:02

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It is showing error like ToString() does not have an overloaded method that takes 1 argument – Boss Aug 19 '13 at 10:42
Then your object does not seem to be a DateTime – Marco Aug 19 '13 at 10:57
No change in output whether data type is object or DateTime – Boss Aug 19 '13 at 12:02
please delete `[DisplayFormat(ApplyFormatInEditMode = true, DataFormatString = "{0:d}")]` in your annotation and try again. – Marco Aug 19 '13 at 12:05

How to bind a DateTime in a specific format in ASP.NET MVC 3 using @Html.DisplayFor(.....)?

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