Question

I’m deep in a XAML stack of elements binding to orders.

The order date displays as e.g. ’12/31/2008 12:00:00 AM’.

I want it to display as e.g. ‘31.12.2008’.

How can I do this? I have seen other stackoverflow questions mention StringFormat but they use multibinding in ways that I can’t get to work.

Here is the kind of syntax I would like (this is pseudocode), simply specifying StringFormat where you need it, is this possible somehow?

<StackPanel>     <ListView ItemsSource='{Binding Orders}'>         <ListView.View>             <GridView>                 <GridViewColumn                      Header='Order ID'                      DisplayMemberBinding='{Binding Path=OrderID}'                     StringFormat='{}{1:dd.MM.yyyy}'/>                 <GridViewColumn                      Header='Order Date'                      DisplayMemberBinding='{Binding Path=OrderDate}'/>             </GridView>         </ListView.View>     </ListView> </StackPanel> 

Answer 1

I haven’t tested it, but I think this should work:

<GridViewColumn     Header='Order Date'     DisplayMemberBinding=         '{Binding Path=OrderDate, StringFormat='{}{0:dd.MM.yyyy}'}'/>