How to fix date format in ASP .NET BoundField (DataFormatString)?

Question

I have a dynamic BoundField (for a DetailsView) with the following code:

BoundField bf1 = new BoundField();
bf1.DataField = \"CreateDate\";
bf1.DataFormatStr         


        

Answer 1

You could add dataformatstring="{0:M-dd-yyyy}" attribute to the bound field, like this:

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