Question

Currently I have a date in my clients data table and it is stored as a varchar.
Im am using MVC3 with Razorviews.
how can I format this date when it is by default a string to render as D/M/Y?

Currently it renders the same as it’s stored in the db: YY/MM/DD

Or for that matter, how can I format any string to display any way I wish.

For example, is there a way to change a string in the database that is a string: Product # 1

and in my view I can have it render as “Coffee Cup”.?

Answer 1

string YourNewDateTimeString = 
    String.Format("{0:yy/MM/dd}", Convert.ToDateTime(YourDateTimeStringFromTheDb));

// do something with YourNewDateTimeString

As for rendering a string of "Product # 1" to "Coffee Cup", you will surely have to do some form of string mapping, as there is no correlation between those two strings.