Question

I’m simply databinding the data (containing date values) I got with a DataReader as in the following code:

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
    Dim id As Integer = Request.QueryString("id")

    'Start connection
    Dim cs As String = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("Access 2010").ConnectionString
    Dim cn As New OleDbConnection(cs)
    cn.Open()

    'Retrieve Jobs Data
    Dim cmd As New OleDbCommand
    With cmd
        .Connection = cn
        .CommandText = "SELECT Nome, Descricao, Data, Autor FROM Jobs WHERE ID = @ID"
        .CommandType = CommandType.Text
        .Parameters.AddWithValue("@ID", id)
    End With
    Dim dbReader As OleDbDataReader = cmd.ExecuteReader()

    If Not Page.IsPostBack Then
        'Populate Dropdown Jobs
        dtlJob.DataSource = dbReader
        dtlJob.DataBind()
    End If
    dbReader.Close()
End Sub

And I’m getting the values like 30/12/1899 00:00:51. I checked my database and the record is correct: it appears 12/10/2011. How do I format the Date field since I just used .DataSource and .DataBind?

Answer 1

Find the details view on the aspx page and you need to add the DataFromatString tag to the bound field. IT will be something like this:

<asp:BoundField DataField="datetimefield" HeaderText="DateTime" DataFormatString="{0:d}" />