Format DateTime in Kendo UI Grid using asp.net MVC Wrapper

Question

I want to build a Kendo UI Grid with format date dd//MM/yyyy. However, all questions that I found about this, it were resolved with code Format(\"{0:d}\");. So,

Answer 1

The core issue is documented really well here. Combining the answers there with other stuff I found, here's what I had to do to get it to work on my project.

In the C# code:

.Template("#= kendo.toString(parseDate(" + field.Name + "), 'dd/MM/yyyy') #");

Then, create a javascript function:

function parseDate(d) {
  d = new Date(parseInt(d.replace(/\/Date\((-?\d+)\)\//gi, "$1"), 10));
  return d;
}

It's a bit of a kluge, but works.