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Ethel Patrick
Ethel Patrick

Reputation: 975

MVC - display a date without the time when the date could be nullable

I am using ASP.Net with MVC and trying to display dates without the time. I have two dates, a StartDate and EndDate. I am able to display the StartDate without the time however having trouble with the EndDate. From my reading, I believe it is due to it being a nullable date. My EndDate is defined as:

 public Nullable<System.DateTime> EndDate { get; Set; }

While my display is:

 @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.EndDate)

I was able to display my StartDate by defining a new string:

 public string ReturnStartDateForDisplay {
    get
    {
        return this.StartDate.ToString("d");
    }
 }

and displaying it with:

 @Html.DisplayFor(model.Item => item.ReturnStartDateForDisplay)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1496

Answers (2)

MoustafaS
MoustafaS

Reputation: 2031

You can do this

public string ReturnEndDateForDisplay
{
    get
    {
        return this.EndDate.HasValue ? this.EndDate.Value.ToString("d"): string.Empty;
    }
}

And use like this:

 @Html.DisplayFor(model.Item => item.ReturnEndDateForDisplay)

Upvotes: 2

mikeagg
mikeagg

Reputation: 751

You don't need to define a new ReturnStartDateForDisplay property. Use System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations and decorate your StartDate and EndDate with a DisplayFormat attribute:

[DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "{0:d}", ApplyFormatInEditMode = true)]
public DateTime StartDate{ get; set; }

[DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "{0:d}", ApplyFormatInEditMode = true)]
public DateTime? EndDate{ get; set; }

Null values will be magically handled for you.

Upvotes: 2

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