Asp.Net MVC 2 Html.TextBoxFor Best way to specify a format string for a DateTime property of model

Question

As the question title explains, what is the best way to specify a format which my Views use when displaying values of a DateTime property via the Html.Textbox

Answer 1

In your model definition add the DisplayFormatAttribute to the DateTime property:

[DisplayFormat(ApplyFormatInEditMode = true, DataFormatString = "{0:MM/dd/yyyy}")]
public DateTime Date { get; set; }

Then in your View call:

<%=Html.EditorFor(m => m.Date)%>

If all goes well you should get a TextBox with the value filled in in the format specified in the attribute definition.