AutoMapper and convert a datetime to string

Question

I can\'t get my head round the following issue. I have a feeling it is a limitation of LINQ and expression trees, but not sure how to accept the lambda body. Can I achieve this

Answer 1

In order to use lambda bodies, use .ResolveUsing instead of .MapFrom.

As per the author:

MapFrom has some extra stuff that needs expression trees (like null checking etc).

So your statement would look like this:

 Mapper.CreateMap<I_NEWS, NewsModel>()                  
              .ForMember(x => x.DateCreated, opt => opt.ResolveUsing(src => {
                  var dt = (DateTime)src.DateCreated;
                  return dt.ToShortDateString();                      
              }));

Answer 2

If Nullable is destination then:

Mapper.CreateMap() .ForMember( dest => dest.StartDate, opt => opt.MapFrom( src => string.IsNullOrEmpty(src.StartDate) ? new DateTime?() : DateTime.ParseExact(src.StartDate, DATEFORMAT, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) ) )

Answer 3

try this:

Mapper.CreateMap<I_NEWS, NewsModel>().ForMember(x => x.DateCreated,
  opt => opt.MapFrom(src => ((DateTime)src.DateCreated).ToShortDateString()));