Get DateTime Value from TextBox in FormView

c# asp.net datetime formview findcontrol
Sanju picture Sanju · Jul 22, 2010 · Viewed 14k times · Source

I need to find a value in a TextBox, contained within a FormView which holds a short date.

DateTime LastPayDate = (DateTime)FormView1.FindControl("user_last_payment_date");

I get the error:

CS0030: Cannot convert type 'System.Web.UI.Control' to 'System.DateTime'

And, I have no idea how to put a value back in the same format. Would love some help, pulling my hair out and their isn't much left.

Thanks

Answer

Pranay Rana picture Pranay Rana · Jul 22, 2010

There is error in you code because you are trying to convert control directly in date time, so to resolve your error you need to convert control in textbox control and than convert text in datetime as given below 

 DateTime LastPayDate = Convert.ToDateTime( 
                      ((System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox)  
                       FormView1.FindControl("user_last_payment_date")).Text);

Related questions

DateTime.TryParse issue with dates of yyyy-dd-MM format

I have the following date in string format "2011-29-01 12:00 am" . Now I am trying to convert that to datetime format with the following code: DateTime.TryParse(dateTime, out dt); But I am alwayws getting dt as {1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM} , Can you …

Read More
How do I loop through a date range?

I'm not even sure how to do this without using some horrible for loop/counter type solution. Here's the problem: I'm given two dates, a start date and an end date and on a specified interval I need to take …

Read More
Check if datetime instance falls in between other two datetime objects

I would like to know a simple algorithm to check if the given instance of datetime lies between another two instances in C#. Note: I skimmed though this How do I check if a given datetime object is "between" two …

Read More