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Reputation: 9738

Hidden Field Value in dd/MM/yyyy format

I have the hidden field in my View which is in List foreach Loop.

@Html.HiddenFor(m => m[i].List[q].EntryDate)

I want the format of this hidden field to be dd/MM/yyyy. Currently when the data is binded this date also includes time.

I have used a global UTCDateTimeModelBinder which parses datetime model value like this :-

var dt = DateTime.ParseExact(value.AttemptedValue.Trim(), "dd/MM/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

So it gives me error if the time is present in the datetime model value.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1735

Answers (2)

user2984303
user2984303

Reputation: 320

You are receiving an error because the format you have specified does not match the input string. If you are not concerned with the time part of the string then simply:

    var dt = DateTime.ParseExact(value.AttemptedValue.Trim().Substring(0,10), "dd/MM/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Upvotes: 0

Soner Gönül
Soner Gönül

Reputation: 98740

If there are more than one possible formats for your inputs, you can use DateTime.ParseExact(String, String[], IFormatProvider, DateTimeStyles) overload which takes your formats as a string array.

string[] formats = new string[]{"dd/MM/yyyy", "dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss"};
var dt = DateTime.ParseExact(value.AttemptedValue.Trim(), formats, 
                             CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None);

Upvotes: 2

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