Question

<asp:TextBox ID="txtDate" runat="server" Value="<%= DateTime.Today.ToShortDateString() %>" />

Value="<%= DateTime.Today.ToShortDateString() %>" does not write date in txt field but whole string. What i am doing wrong?

Answer 1

using JavaScript and jQuery:

var now = new Date();
$('#txtDate').text(now.getDate() + '/' + now.getMonth()+ '/' + now.getYear());

or plain JavaScript:

var now = new Date();
document.getElementById('txtDate').value = now.getDate() + '/' + now.getMonth()+ '/' + now.getYear();

or in markup (using System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox.Text property, it has no Value property):

<asp:TextBox ID="txtDate" runat="server" Text="<%# DateTime.Today.ToShortDateString() %>" />

and after that call this.DataBind(); or not for page, but your TextBox’s parent control.