Display a formatted date in a TextBoxFor()
asp.net-mvc, c#, date
Solution
@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.StartDate,
new { @Value = Model.StartDate.ToString("yyyy/MM/dd"), @class="datepicker" })
Problem
I'm using MVC4 and Entity Framework to develop an intranet web app. I have a list of persons which I can edit. When I access the edit view, in the textbox "Start date", the date is displayed like this : `7/11/2013 00:00:00` . What I want to do is to display it in the format yyyy/MM/dd. I tried the `String.Format("{0:yyyy/MM/dd}", item.StartDate)` but it does not work. I also tried with the annotation `[DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "{0:dd MMM yyyy}")]` but it does not work neither. In my view I have this : ``` <div class="editor-field"> @Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.StartDate, new { @class = "datepicker" }) @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.StartDate) </div> ``` Any idea about how to do?