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Asked: 2026-06-14T08:10:58+00:00

I haf a DateTime Property. This is Bound to a Textbox with <TextBlock Grid.Column=1

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I haf a DateTime Property.
This is Bound to a Textbox with 

<TextBlock Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="0" Text="{Binding StartDateString, Mode=TwoWay}" x:Name="date" />

In WPF it was possible to format the DateTime Output with the following syntax

<TextBlock Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="0" Text="{Binding StartDateString, FormatString="dd.mm.yyyy" Mode=TwoWay}" x:Name="date" />

In the Metro Apps (winrt … Windows Store Apps… how it is called now?), the FormatString property is not possible.

Is there another way to do the format in the xaml file?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You’re right. There isn’t a FormatString parameter in WinRT. You should probably use a value converter. Here’s a link to one that should do what you want:

    http://blogs.u2u.be/diederik/post/2012/03/19/A-StringFormat-converter-for-Windows-8-Metro.aspx

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