Format Date On Binding (ASP.NET MVC)

Question

In my ASP.net MVC app I have a view that looks like this:

...
Due Date
<%=Html.TextBox(\"due\")%>
...

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Answer 1

It's a dirty hack, but it seems to work.

<%= Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.SomeDate,
    new Dictionary { { "Value", Model.SomeDate.ToShortDateString() } })%>

You get the model binding, and are able to override the HTML "value" property of the text field with a formatted string.