Question

So I want a date formated like this 27/7. My code looks like this

<%# Eval("WStartDate", "{0:d/M}" ) %>

And the result is a date that looks like: 27-7.

How can I change this? I dont want to change my regional settings….

Answer 1

<%# Eval("WStartDate", "{0:d'/'M}" ) %>

The reason why you get - instead of / is because the / character has a special meaning in a DateTime format: it represents the date separator in the current culture. If you want to display as literal you should escape it with single quotes: '.

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UPDATE:

According to your comment it seems that you are using this Eval statement inside an ASP.NET server side tag to set some property such as a label text for example. In this case you could define the format as a separate variable:

<script type="text/c#" runat="server">
    string format = "{0:d'/'M}";
</script>

and then use it:

<asp:Label 
    runat="server" 
    Text='<%# Eval("WStartDate", format) %>'
/>