How to change the format of the date in a grid based upon language selection

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Hello All,

I want to change the format of the date field binded in a grid based upon the language selection.

e.g: If the language is english/ USEnglish then the format should be "dd/MM/yyyy" and if the language is something else then the date format should be "MM/dd/yyyy". Please suggest me how to do this.

Thanks

Posted 28-Feb-13 0:43am

Sisir Patro

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Sisir Patro · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-09T02:06:00

HI all,

I found the solution as follows:

aspx grid code:

XML

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="" ControlStyle-Width="20px" ItemStyle-BackColor="#FFFFFF" ItemStyle-Font-Names="Verdana">
                            
                            <ItemTemplate>
                            <asp:Label ID="lblDateTimeSent" runat="server" Text='<%# FormatDate(Convert.ToDateTime(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "DateTimeSent"))) %>' style="text-align:center;"></asp:Label>
                            </ItemTemplate>
                            </asp:TemplateField>

Code behind code:

C#

public string FormatDate(DateTime input)
        {
            //String languageID = Convert.ToString(Session["LanguageId"]);
            if (languageId == int.Parse(System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["DefaultLanguageID"]))
            {
                return string.Format("{0:MM/dd/yy}", input);
            }
            else
            {
                return string.Format("{0:dd/MM/yy}", input);
            }
        }

This above solution will be helpful to all but this will not work with the bound field. If there are bound fields then we need to use the item template instead.

Thanks