Question

I am having @Html.TextBoxFor(m => Model.publicHoliday.Date) I want to display the Date as dd MMM yyyy and not using data Annotations…

I am also having the Jquery

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(function () {
        $("#publicHoliday_Date").datepicker({ dateFormat: 'dd-M-yy' , altField:'dd-M-yy', altFormat:'d/m/y' });
    });

Answer 1

You could go with:

@Html.TextBox("publicHoliday.Date", String.Format("{0:dd MMM yyyy}", Model.publicHoliday.Date))

… or you could use this in your view:

@Html.EditorFor(m => Model.publicHoliday.Date)

and create a folder named EditorTemplates inside your [AppRoot]/Views/Shared folder, where you put a partial view named DateTime.cshtml with the following content:

@model DateTime

@Html.TextBox("publicHoliday.Date", String.Format("{0:dd MMM yyyy}", Model))
<script type="text/javascript">
    $(function () {
        $("#publicHoliday_Date").datepicker({ dateFormat: 'dd-M-yy', altField: 'dd-M-yy', altFormat: 'd/m/y' });
    });
</script>

Not the most flexible solution, but it should work!