Question

I have the following property within a user control:

    public DateTime? Value 
        { 
        get 
        {
            return DatePickerInput.SelectedDate; 
        } 
        set 
        { 
            DatePickerInput.SelectedDate = value; 
        } 
    }

This selects dates in the following format 01-Feb-2012. I want to change the format so it returns dates in the format dd/MM/yy…how is this possible?

Answer 1

It uses the current culture settings on your computer. If you want that format you need to return it as a string or let your receiving method convert it to string. For example:

string myFormat = Value.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy");

I did not take into account that your Value property can also return null value. This is just to show you how to format the result.