cant format datetime using dataformatstring

asp.net vb.net gridview date dataformat
HELP_ME picture HELP_ME · Apr 26, 2011 · Viewed 27k times · Source

For some reason i can not format the text of my date in a gridview 

<asp:BoundField DataField="deptdate" HeaderText="Departure Date" dataformatstring="{0:ddd, MM/d/yyyy}" htmlencode="False" SortExpression="deptdate" />

I still get this:

May 10 2011 12:00AM

I DID NOT SET MY FIELD TO DATETIME IN THE DATABASE...DOY

Answer

Rob P. picture Rob P. · Apr 26, 2011

Have you tried this approach?

http://peterkellner.net/2006/05/24/how-to-set-a-date-format-in-gridview-using-aspnet-20using-htmlencode-property/

<asp id="GridView1" runat="server" :GridView>
<columns>
  <asp headertext="CreationDate" dataformatstring="{0:M-dd-yyyy}" 
       datafield="CreationDate" :BoundField HtmlEncode="false" />
</columns>

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