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

this format will help you:

@Html.TextBoxFor(Model => Model._facadeLowdown.DoB, new { @value= Model._facadeLowdown.DoB.HasValue ? Model._facadeLowdown.DoB.Value.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy") : ""
}