Format Date On Binding (ASP.NET MVC)

Question

In my ASP.net MVC app I have a view that looks like this:

...
Due Date
<%=Html.TextBox(\"due\")%>
...

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Answer 1

MVC4 EF5 View I was trying to preload a field with today's date then pass it to the view for approval.

ViewModel.SEnd = DateTime.Now    //preload todays date  
return View(ViewModel)           //pass to view

In the view, my first code allowed an edit:

@Html.EditedFor(item.SEnd)        //allow edit

Later I changed it to just display the date, the user cannot change it but the submit triggers the controller savechanges

 
 @Html.DisplyFor(item.SEnd)       //show no edit
 

When I changed to DisplayFor I needed to add this to ensure the preloaded value was passed back to the controller. I also need to add HiddenFor's for every field in the viewmodel.

    @Html.HiddenFor(model => model.SEnd)     //preserve value for passback.

Beginners stuff but it took a while to work this out.