I have a model as Follows, I am using Linq to SQL
public class CustomerDetails
{
public Customer customer { get; set; }
}
"Customer" is populated from a single customer from the database. Customer has a field "NextEmailDate". I want to bind this to a textBox but only show the date and not the time
@Html.TextBoxFor(m=> m.Customer.NextEmailDate)
But I get a text box with the text 16/09/2012 00:00:00 how do I make this just 16/09/2012?
Assuming Customer is your actual entity, introduce a view model and pass that to your view instead. That way you can decorate it with all the formatting/validation attributes you need e.g.
public class CustomerViewModel
{
[Required(ErrorMessage = "Next email date is required!")]
[DisplayFormat(ApplyFormatInEditMode = true, DataFormatString = "{0:dd/MM/yyyy}"]
public DateTime NextEmailDate { get; set; }
...
}
public class CustomerDetails
{
public CustomerViewModel Customer { get; set; }
}
You can map the properties manually or use a library like AutoMapper.
If NextEmailDate is a DateTime, you could use NextEmailDate.ToShortDateString(). If isn't isn't a DateTime, you'll have to tell me what it is.
Add this annotation to the NextEmailDate property.
[DisplayFormat(ApplyFormatInEditMode = true, DataFormatString = "{0:dd/MM/yyyy}")]
dd/MM/yyyy for 16/09, but close enough. :)
NextEmailDate property isn't in the model though, its just part of the Customer object. How would this change the model?
Customer object will cause MVC to use the format when sending that property to the TextBoxFor extension method.Customer object which doesn't require this format, such as FirstName? Will this be affected?
NextEmailDate.<%= Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Customer.NextEmailDate, new { @Value = m.Customer.NextEmailDate.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy") })%>
I know mvc 3 is tagged, but mvc 4 has additional parameter "format" for Html.TextBox
@Html.TextBoxFor(m=> m.Customer.NextEmailDate.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy"))
@Html.TextBoxFor(p => p.DataFim,"{0:d}", new { @class = " datepicker form-control" })
