How to get a datepicker for Html.Editorfor

Question

On my MVC3 razor page I have a date field

@Html.EditorFor(model => model.Member.Dob)

Given below is the code I am trying to get a datepi

Answer 1

You'll need to create an EditorTemplate in your Views\Shared\EditorTemplate folder. Name it DateTime.cshtml. Should look something like the following:

@model System.DateTime?
 <div class="editor-label">
    @Html.Label("")
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
    @Html.TextBox("", String.Format("{0:MM/dd/yyyy}",(Model == DateTime.MinValue)? null : Model), new { @class="text"})
</div>

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function () {
        $("#@ViewData.ModelMetadata.PropertyName").datepicker({
            changeMonth: true,
            changeYear: true,
            dateFormat: 'mm/dd/yy',
            gotoCurrent: true
        });
    });
</script>

Use it as follows:

@Html.EditorFor(model => model.Member.Dob)

Answer 2

This article covers this perfectly: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/stuartleeks/archive/2011/01/25/asp-net-mvc-3-integrating-with-the-jquery-ui-date-picker-and-adding-a-jquery-validate-date-range-validator.aspx

Answer 3

<div class="form-group">
                @Html.LabelFor(model => model.Birthdate, "Birthday", new { @class = "control-label col-md-2" })
                <div class="col-md-5">
                    @Html.Kendo().DatePickerFor(model => model.Birthdate)
                    @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Birthdate)
                </div>
            </div>