Render DateTime.Now directly in the ASPX page

Question

I am trying to do the following directly into the aspx page but it is not showing the date value. I dont want to do it from the code behind. Am i missing something small here? P

Answer 1

When using a databinding expression such as <%# DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString() %>, then you have to call Page.DataBind() (or ltrDate.DataBind() if that's the only databound control) from your code-behind (e.g. in Page_Load).