asp.net mvc3 how do you format the datetime in the view

Question

I try to format the datetime in the view.

<span class="tag">
        @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.PostDate.ToString("yyyy"))  
</span>

here's the error message I got.

Templates can be used only with field access, property access, single-dimension array index, or single-parameter custom indexer expressions.

how do i fix it?

This question is answered here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6001654/how-to-render-a-datetime-in-a-specific-format-in-asp-net-mvc-3 — kmcc049, Sep 09 '11 at 01:45
to answer my own question: @item.PostDate.ToString("dd MMM yyyy") — qinking126, Sep 09 '11 at 02:25

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 09 '11 at 06:07

You decorate your view model property with the [DisplayFormat] attribute:

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

and in your view you simply use the Html.DisplayFor method:

<span class="tag">
    @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.PostDate)
</span>

or you could also use:

<span class="tag">
    @item.PostDate.ToString("yyyy")
</span>

but if you had this in many places the first approach is preferable because the format will be centralized in a single location.

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 03 '13 at 13:05

0

@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.PostDate).ToString().Substring(5,4)

So you can cut any part of your DateTime formatted field.

edited Jul 03 '13 at 13:05

Amit

answered Jul 03 '13 at 12:46

TC MeTe Şeremet

Mansoor Gee · Answer 3 · 2011-10-28T21:02:56.833

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You can format your DateTime in the following way. It shows full date and time.

[DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "{0:g}", ApplyFormatInEditMode = true)]
public DateTime PostDate { get; set; }

Then use it into View like this.

@Html.DisplayFor(model => model.PostDate)

edited Oct 28 '11 at 21:02

answered Sep 09 '11 at 09:32

Mansoor Gee

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