BoundColumn DataFormatString questions

[Guest]

Hi,

I have a DataGrid in a ASP.NET application (.NET 1.1) where one of the
BoundColumns in the datagrid is displaying a Date and Time stamp. I would
like to display just a short date ("7/5/2005") instead of the full date and
time. I am having difficulty understanding the DataFormatString property on
the BoundColumn class. I see in the documentation how to change the format
for numbers, but don't see how to change the format for dates.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Jeff

 

[Walter Wang [MSFT]]

Hi Jeff,

Thank you for your post.

Based on my understanding, your question is how to format a bound column of
DataGrid to show with your specified date format. If I've misunderstood
anything, please feel free to post here.

You can use following code as an example:

<asp:BoundColumn DataField="Birthdate" DataFormatString="{0:M'/'d'/'yyyy}"
HeaderText="Test"></asp:BoundColumn>

For more information on date format string, you can check out following
MSDN Library documentation:

#Date and Time Format String
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/htm
l/cpconcustomdatetimeformatstrings.asp

Hope this helps. Please feel free to post here if anything is unclear.

Regards,
Walter Wang ([email protected], remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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