Unable to set datetime format in MVC 4 using data annotations

Question

I will try everything but not working this(dd/MM/yyyy) date format, this always gate mm/dd/yyyy

[Display(Name = \"Release D         


        

Answer 1

If you use data-annotation. when display it good. but when edit mode. it still use server format (culture setting) DisplayFormat: like it name, only for display

There are some option to solve. - paste to server as string with your favorite format - write customer bindding - Setting globalization in web.config for Format : dd/MM/yyy i using setting bellow

<system.web>
    <globalization culture="en-GB"/>
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Answer 2

You missed 2 things here:

DataFormatString="{0:dd/MM/yyyy}"; //It is dd/MM/yyyy instead of dd/mm/yyyy

and you also need:

ApplyFormatInEditMode=true

Try to use this:

[Display(Name = "Release Date")]
[DataType(DataType.Date), DisplayFormat( DataFormatString="{0:dd/MM/yyyy}", ApplyFormatInEditMode=true )]
public Nullable<DateTime> release_date { get; set; }

Answer 3

{0:dd/mm/yyyy} should be {0:dd/MM/yyyy} because mm means minutes, not months:

[Display(Name = "Release Date")]
[DataType(DataType.DateTime)]
[DisplayFormat(ApplyFormatInEditMode = true, DataFormatString = "{0:dd/MM/yyyy}")]
public Nullable<DateTime> release_date { get; set; }