ASP.NET MVC2 and DateTime Format

Question

I am using ASP.NET MVC2 with MvcContrib.FluentHtml to do form binding.

I want to bind a DateTime format to a textbox with specific datetime format.

<%=this.TextBox(c => c.date_a).Class("readonly text-box") %>
// PS. c.date_a is a DateTime

gives me

<input type="text" value="5/9/2009 12:00:00 AM" name="date_a" id="datea" class="readonly text-box">

However, I'd like to override the default datetime format. e.g.

value="2009-5-9" 
value="9-5-09" 
value="09May9" 

I know I can override the value by specific a value, however, the date should also bind to the object class on POST the form.

How to do "minimum" code to override the default datetime format of a specific field on UI?

Answer 1

I don't know if this work with MvcContrib MvcContrib.FluentHtml but without it, it is very simple, add to your model property

[DisplayFormat(DataFormatString="{0:MM/dd/yyyy}", ApplyFormatInEditMode=true)]

and in your view

m.DateProperty) %>

I Don't know if MvcContrib uses Attributes but if it doesn't, it should, that way, you'll always have your date the same format, specifying the format only once...

hope this help