How to use Html.TextBoxFor with input type=date? [duplicate]

Answer 1

Try this;

@Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.CreationDate,
           new { @type = "date", @Value = Model.CreationDate.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd") })

You have to handle null when setting the value.

OR

If you can change the Model you can try this;

[DataType(DataType.Date)]
[DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "{0:yyyy-MM-dd}", ApplyFormatInEditMode = true)]
public DateTime CreationDate{ get; set; }

and in your view you can use EditorFor helper.

@Html.EditorFor(model => model.CreationDate, new { @type = "date" })

Answer 2

I've done something similar with EditorFor and the boostrap-datepicker library:

    <div class="input-prepend date" id="startDate" data-date=@DateTime.UtcNow data-date-format="m/d/yyyy">
        <span class="add-on"><i class="icon-calendar"></i></span>
        @Html.EditorFor(m => m.StartDate)            
    </div>

Answer 3

Convert c# Datetime to HTML-5 Date value

<input type="date" value="<%= SomeFieldDate.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd")%>"/>

Answer 4

Model design:

[DataType(DataType.Date)]
[DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "{0:yyyy-MM-dd}", ApplyFormatInEditMode = true)]
public DateTime CreationDate{ get; set; }

View Design:

<%: Html.EditorFor(m => m.CreationDate, new { @type = "date" }) %>