Question

I have a grid view column in which I give the datefomat as dd MMM yyyy HH:mm and in code behind databound I change the time, the same time in database is not shown in the gridview, because of that the date is not displayed in 16 Nov 2011 15:12 format, it is displayed in 16/11/2011 15:12 format, how can i display it in 16 Nov 2011 15:12 format

asp

<asp:BoundField DataField="SendDate"
  ItemStyle-Width="15%" 
  HeaderText="Sent At" 
  DataFormatString="{0:dd MMM yyyy HH:mm}"
  SortExpression="SendDate" />

c#

double timeDifference = Convert.ToDouble(Session["utimezone"].ToString());                    
e.Row.Cells[5].Text = Convert.ToString(senddate.AddMinutes(timeDifference * 60));    

Answer 1

This format should work:

DataFormatString="{0:d MMM yyyy HH:mm}"

If it’s not working, there could be something else going on. I would make sure that SendDate is a DateTime field, and also make sure that you don’t have some logic overriding the DataFormatString.