Date format not passing through to view

Question

For some reason the date format is not passing to my view, I have used the following in my model:-

using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

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

then in my view

@model.Date

and the output in the browser is

20/11/2013 00:00:00

it always adds the "00:00:00" even though time is not on the sql field and ive applied formatting to it.

does anyone know whats up?

Thanks

The DateTime type always has a time element,even if it's 0. You'll have to change the display format on the View. — Panagiotis Kanavos, Jan 13 '14 at 15:48
@Alex in your view, are you using the HtmlHelper or just emitting the model field directly? The data annotations don't automatically work, they are there as a hint to the HtmlHelper methods. — Michael Edenfield, Mar 10 '14 at 14:45

brothers28 · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-12T18:53:22.270

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Try

@model.Date.Value.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy")

edited Jun 12 '14 at 18:53

answered Jan 13 '14 at 15:58

brothers28

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I get "No overload to string takes 1 arguments"? – AlexW Jan 14 '14 at 09:29
Oh I'm sorry... Because your Date is nullable you have to add .Value So your View should be like @Model.Date.Value.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy")" But be careful! If you have a null in your Date variable and you call a ToString() on it you will get an error... – brothers28 Jan 14 '14 at 10:24
You also won't need [DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "{0:dd/MM/yyyy}", ApplyFormatInEditMode = true)] in your class anymore – brothers28 Jan 14 '14 at 10:28

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 13 '14 at 15:51

@model.Date just calls a ToString() on that property, and that uses the formatting settings according to the current culture.

The [DisplayFormat] attribute is used by the MVC model binding methods, such as Display()/DisplayFor() and Editor()/EditorFor().

Date format not passing through to view

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