Newbie Question: Formatting a date item in a repeater?

[DC]

As part of a access based page writtenin c#

<td> <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "SeminarDate") %> </td>

renders the Seminardate as things like "16/05/2005 00:00:00", etc.

Is there an easy way of making the "SeminarDate" item only diplay the
date and leave out the time which is set to 00:00:00 in the database Im
getting the information from anyway?

Thanks in advance,

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[Scott Allen]

Yes, there is an version of Eval that accepts a third parameter - a
format parameter. i.e:

<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "SeminarDate", "{0:d}")%>

For the format specifier you can pick from standard [1] or custom [2]
format specifiers.

[1]
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...e/html/cpconstandarddatetimeformatstrings.asp

[2]
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...ide/html/cpconcustomdatetimeformatstrings.asp


HTH,

 

[Karl Seguin]

DataBinder.Eval accepts a 3rd parameter which isthe format.

<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Price", "{0:dd/MM/yyyy}") %>

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...GlobalizationDateTimeFormatInfoClassTopic.asp

Karl

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[Guest]

Try:

<%# ((DateTime)Container.DataItem).ToShortDateString() %>

Should do the trick.

 

[DC]

Thanks that worked like a dream.

Luck,

Yes, there is an version of Eval that accepts a third parameter - a
format parameter. i.e:

<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "SeminarDate", "{0:d}")%>

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DC

"You can not reason a man out of a position he did not reach through reason"

"Don't use a big word where a diminutive one will suffice."

"A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is
never sure." Segal's Law