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

First, add this extension for getting property path:

public static class ExpressionParseHelper
{
    public static string GetPropertyPath(Expression> property)
    {                       
         Match match = Regex.Match(property.ToString(), @"^[^\.]+\.([^\(\)]+)$");
         return match.Groups[1].Value;
    }
}

Than add this extension for HtmlHelper:

 public static MvcHtmlString DateBoxFor(
                this HtmlHelper helper,
                TEntity model,
                Expression> property,
                object htmlAttributes)
            {
                DateTime? date = property.Compile().Invoke(model);
                var value = date.HasValue ? date.Value.ToShortDateString() : string.Empty;
                var name = ExpressionParseHelper.GetPropertyPath(property);

                return helper.TextBox(name, value, htmlAttributes);
            }

Also you should add this jQuery code:

$(function() {
    $("input.datebox").datepicker();
});

datepicker is a jQuery plugin.

And now you can use it:

<%= Html.DateBoxFor(Model, (x => x.Entity.SomeDate), new { @class = "datebox" }) %>

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