asp.net mvc format DateTime in whole application

Question

So basically, what I want is to format DateTime in whole application and show it in a specific format in the whole Web App. Is there any better solution to just write ToString("{0:stringformathere}", obj)?

possible duplicate of [How do you globally set the date format in ASP.NET?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/300841/how-do-you-globally-set-the-date-format-in-asp-net) — Parv Sharma, Jan 30 '14 at 09:38

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 30 '14 at 09:38

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Try to override InitializeCulture method for Web page.

Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = <some custom culture>

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bz9tc508.aspx

answered Jan 30 '14 at 09:38

hardsky

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 30 '14 at 09:49

You can create your own Editor/Display Template and reuse across the application.

Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/CustomDateTime.cshtml

@model DateTime?
@{
    String modelValue = "";
    var dateFormatToDisplay =
       System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern;

    if (Model.HasValue)
    {
        if (Model.Value != DateTime.MinValue)
        {
            modelValue = Model.Value.ToString(dateFormatToDisplay);
        }
    }
}

@Html.TextBox("", modelValue)

In Views

@Html.EditorFor(m => m.DateOfBirth, "CustomDateTime")

asp.net mvc format DateTime in whole application

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