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Date only from TextBoxFor()

I'm having trouble displaying the only date part of a DateTime into a textbox using TextBoxFor<,>(expression, htmlAttributes).

The model is based on Linq2SQL, field is a DateTime on SQL and in the Entity model.

Failed:

<%= Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.dtArrivalDate, String.Format("{0:dd/MM/yyyy}", Model.dtArrivalDate))%>

This trick seems to be depreciated, any string value in the object htmlAttribute is ignored.

Failed:

[DisplayFormat( DataFormatString = "{0:dd/MM/yyyy}" )]
public string dtArrivalDate { get; set; }

I would like to store and display only the date part on the details/edit view, without the "00:00:00" part.

Solution 
  • [DisplayName("Start Date")]
[DisplayFormat(ApplyFormatInEditMode = true, DataFormatString = "{0:yyyy-MM-dd}")]
public DateTime StartDate { get; set; }

    Then:

    <%=Html.EditorFor(m => m.StartDate) %>