Datetime editortemplate not applied in partial view

Question

I searched almost every topic on this site regarding date format also DatePicker however couldn't find any solution for my issue, also applied This with no success

Problems

1. Date format is not applied in Partial views
2. datepicker is not applied in Partial views

.cs

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

Razor (Partial View)

In my main view, when Edit is clicked, i load a partial view inside a div, the partial view contains:

@Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.RefDate, new { @class = "form-control input-sm" })

DateTime.cshtml

@model DateTime?
@Html.TextBox("", (Model.HasValue ? Model.Value.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy") :string.Empty),
new { @class = "datepicker" ,@readonly = "readonly"})

Web.Config

<globalization culture='fr-BE' uiCulture='fr-BE' />

Result

02/18/2015 0:00:00

IF i use

@Html.EditorFor(model => model.RefDate, new { @class = "form-control input-sm" })

Result I don't see any value but this text:

mm/dd/yyyy

Also bootstsrap format is gone.

Answer 1

It seems your DateTime.cshtml template file is not correctly located, it should be in a folder named "EditorTempaltes" in the "Shared" view folder, or in your current view folder, like that :

Or like that :

And use Html.EditorFor to call your template.

Edit :

Try to decorate your property with the UiHintAttribute to indicate that you model use the DateTime.cshtml template file :

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