date formatting string in vb mvc

Question

How do I format my vb.net mvc date to a shortdate in my view

    <td>
        <%: Html.DisplayFor(Function(modelItem) currentItem.DateCreated)%>
    </td>

Tony318 · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-24 23:46:13Z

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Format(date, "MM/dd/YYYY")

I don't know what modelItem is, but i think you are looking to do this

<td>
    <%: HTML.DisplayFor(Function(modelItem), Format(currentItem.DateCreated, "MM/dd/YYYY")) %>
</td>

Not sure if thats right, i don't really know what Html.DisplayFor actually does. I've never ran into that before. But the Format(yourdate, shortdateformat) will definitely work

answered Aug 24, 2011 at 23:46

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Rod Over a year ago

I'm getting the following error: System.InvalidOperationException was unhandled by user code Message=Templates can be used only with field access, property access, single-dimension array index, or single-parameter custom indexer expressions.

Tony318 Over a year ago

Would you mind updating your original post with what modelItem does? Also, is currentItem.DateCreated just the date you want to format? If so you can probably get away with a <%= currentItem.DateCreated.Tostring("MM/dd/YYYY") %>

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