Why is my date input not reading the model value?

Question

I\'m a server side guy trying to teach myself a bit of CSS, Javascript, jQuery etc. I have written a little test project that loads up a model and displays the values in si

Answer 1

Try this:

<%= Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Date, new { @type = "date", @id = "ondate", @value = Model.Date.ToString("mm/dd/yyyy") })%>