Date Format Issue in Gridview binding with #eval()

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hello sir,

i am binding gridview but my issue is :
i want to date with this format

<% #Eval("contractdate", "{0:dd/MM/yyyy}") %>

but i got date everytime MM/dd/yyyy format

i know that from where this issue comes
in stored procedure there is a convertion done for this "contractdate" as "MM/dd/yyyy"
but i cant modify this sp coz this sp is used at other pages in project
so my question is
can i convert date format in eval without changing sp ?
if yes then how ?
coz i search on google but not got any idea

thanx.

Posted 23-Apr-15 8:49am

Manish Dalwadi

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Richard Deeming · Answer 1 · 2015-04-23T10:17:00

Assuming you don't have any blank dates, and they're always formatted as "MM/dd/yyyy", this should work:

ASP.NET

<%# DateTime.ParseExact(Eval("contractdate", "{0}"), "MM/dd/yyyy", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture).ToString("dd/MM/yyyy", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture) %>

You could make this more resilient and tidy it up by using a function in your code-behind:

C#

using System.Globalization;
...
public static string ReformatDate(string valueFromDatabase)
{
    DateTime value;
    if (!DateTime.TryParseExact(valueFromDatabase, "MM/dd/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out value))
    {
        return string.Empty;
    }
    
    return value.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);
}

ASP.NET

<%# ReformatDate(Eval("contractdate", "{0}")) %>