Assign format of DateTime with data annotations?

Question

I have this attribute in my view model:

[DataType(DataType.DateTime)]
public DateTime? StartDate { get; set; }

If I want to display the dat

Answer 1

In mvc 4 you can easily do it like following using TextBoxFor..

@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.StartDate, "{0:MM/dd/yyyy}", new { @class = "form-control default-date-picker" })

So, you don't need to use any data annotation in model or view model class