Display only Date in @Html.DisplayFor() in MVC

Question

I work in MVC5 and EntityFramework for displaying data into View.

right now in my view data format is :- 10/22/2014 12:00:00 AM But i want only date :- 22/10/2014 in this format

i try this code but it not working

 @if (item.chekin_on_after != null)
                    { @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.chekin_on_after, "ShortDateTime")}

I also follow few link in stackoverflow but not helpful Date Format using Html.DisplayFor() in MVC5, Display only date and no time

You could add the [DisplayFormat] attribute to your property or create a custom DisplatTemplate to format the date — user3559349
– user3559349, Commented Oct 20, 2014 at 11:45
my model class generated by database, Entity Framework, if in future, i will update my DataModel then it will lost. — ANJYR
– ANJYR, Commented Oct 20, 2014 at 12:19
That why its best practice to use view models to represent the data you want to display — user3559349
– user3559349, Commented Oct 20, 2014 at 12:21

xrisk · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-19 18:17:22Z

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I didn’t use @html.DisplayFor().Instead of this I use

@Convert.ToString(string.Format("{0:dd/MM/yyyy}", item.chekin_on_after))

And it works perfectly.

edited May 19, 2019 at 18:17

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answered Oct 21, 2014 at 4:36

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John Foll Over a year ago

Yes, but if you are trying to use Model binding, @Html.DisplayFor is what you normally want to use. If you are not using Model binding then your example will work.

Nirav Parmar · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-20 11:38:54Z

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Try to use below attribute in your model class.

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

Hope it helps..

answered Oct 20, 2014 at 11:38

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Tushar Gupta · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-20 11:20:56Z

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You can use this function in your controller before populating the data to model :

public static System.DateTime ParseDate(string value, string style)
{
    DateTime blankDate = default(DateTime);
    if ((value != null & value.Length > 0)) {
        string formattedDate = Strings.Format(Convert.ToDateTime(value), style);
        return formattedDate;
    } else {
        return blankDate;
    }
}

Where value is your: 10/22/2014 12:00:00 AM and style is :"MM/dd/yyyy" or something as you want

answered Oct 20, 2014 at 11:20

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ANJYR Over a year ago

My Model and View is generated by Entity Framework and it return a LIST so where i put this code. I am little confuse how i use this code.

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