Question

Why doesn´t this property return a datetime formated with the following pattern when using the property in the codebehind page in my ASP.NET Webforms website? When debugging i can see that the value the returning datetime is “2011-02-21 16:13:29.670” wich is correct.

Public Property UserLastUpdated() As DateTime
    Get
        Return _userLastUpdated.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.fff")
    End Get
    Set(ByVal value As DateTime)
        _userLastUpdated = value
    End Set
End Property

But when i look at the returned value in the codebehind page i get this value

objUser.UserLastUpdated = #2/21/2011 4:13:29 PM#

And after assigning the returned property value to a hiddenfield in the .aspx page i get this value assign to the hiddenfield.value “2011-02-21 16:13:29”

hdnUserLastUpdated.Value = objUser.UserLastUpdated

Answer 1

You might want to switch the return type of UserCreated() to string since the Get is actually returning a formatted string and not a DateTime instance or you could keep it as a DateTime type and not do the formatting in the getter. You could do the formatting when you are assigning it to the hidden field value

hdnUserLastUpdated.Value = objUser.UserLastUpdated.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.fff")