Setting Date format in dropdown list

Question

I am retrieving date values from dataset(_dsst) and populating them in dropdown list(drpStartYear).

Since I am storing date as datetime datatype, I am

Answer 1

drpStartYear.DataTextFormatString = "{0:dd-MM-yyyy}";
drpStartYear.DataTextField = "StartDate";

or you can set this in your mark-up as follows: