Set DataFormatString for MVC3 DateTime

问题:

I have some issue with displaying date correctly, using the MVC3 DateTime object.

In the controller, I set Date = DateTime.Now.

In ViewModel:

[Required(ErrorMessage = "Please enter a date")]
[DisplayFormat(ApplyFormatInEditMode = true, DataFormatString = "{0:dd.mm.yyyy}")]
public DateTime Date { get; set; }

In View:

@Html.LabelFor(m => Model.Date, "Date") 
@Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => Model.Date) 
@Html.TextBoxFor(m => Model.DatoForIntervju, new { @class = "datepicker" })

Output:

<input class="datepicker" (...) value="26.09.2011 13:26:16" />

However, I want the value to be 26.09.11.

Why doesn't it work?

回答1:

change

[DisplayFormat(ApplyFormatInEditMode = true, DataFormatString = "{0:dd.mm.yyyy}")]

to

[DisplayFormat(ApplyFormatInEditMode = true, DataFormatString = "{0:dd.MM.yy}")]

Then, instead of textboxfor, use

@Html.EditorFor(m => m.Date)

回答2:

Your viewModel correct (only thing is you need to use "yy" if you want to show short year in C#), but I don't understand what do you do with this code

@Html.LabelFor(m => Model.Date, "Date")
@Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => Model.Date) 
@Html.TextBoxFor(m => Model.DatoForIntervju, new { @class = "datepicker" })

I show you how I add datepicker, in this example date shows and return from view in correct format:

    @Html.EditorFor(m => m.Date) 
    @Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.Date)

    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function () {
            $('#Date').datepicker({ firstDay: 1, dateFormat: 'dd.mm.yy', clickInput: true });
        });
    </script>