How do you format a DateTime that's displayed by TextBoxFor() in MVC3?

Question

I have ASP.NET MVC3 installed. I need datepicker with formatted date. I tried this, but it\'s not working (when passing \"{0:dd/MM/yyyy}\" as format parameter, it still does

Answer 1

In your Model, use the following:

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

Here is what it should do in the View:

@Html.EditorFor(model => model.YourDate, new { @class = "date" })

This should give you a date formatted out to the format of dd/MM/yyyy.