DateTime Format in GridView ItemTemplate In Asp.net C#

Introduction:

To format DateTime in GridView In ItemTemplate we have to pass format in eval or bind . There are many format available for the DateTime .In this article i have given some example that how to format datetime and at end i have listed the datetime format

used in gridview .

Following are  the examples of ItemTemplate where format used for datetime .

<asp:TemplateField>
    <ItemTemplate>
        <asp:Label ID="lblDate" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("Date", "{0:dd/MM/yyyy}")%>' ></asp:Label>
    </ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:TemplateField>
    <ItemTemplate>
        <asp:Label ID="lblDat1" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("Date", "{0:D}")%>' ></asp:Label>
    </ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>

Following are  the examples of BoundFieldwhere format used for datetime .

<asp:boundfield datafield="DOB" dataformatstring="{0:d}" headertext="Date Of Birth" readonly="True"> </asp:boundfield>

The following table shows some date format strings that can be used to format date in GridView columns,

Format Pattern	Name	Example
d	Short date	11/8/2008
D	Long date	Sunday, August 11, 2008
t	Short time	3:32 PM
T	Long time	3:32:00 PM
f	Full date/time (short time)	Sunday, August 11, 2008 3:32 PM
F	Full date/time (long time)	Sunday, August 11, 2008 3:32:00 PM
g	General date/time (short time)	8/11/2008 3:32 PM
G	General date/time (long time)	8/11/2008 3:32:00 PM
m or M	Month day	August 11
r or R	RFC 1123	Sun, 11 Aug 2008 8:32:00 GMT
s	Sortable date/time	2008-08-11T15:32:00
u	Universable sortable date/time	2008-08-11 15:32:00z
U	Universable sortable date/time	Sunday, August 11, 2008 11:32:00 PM
y or Y	Year month	August, 2008