Custom date format

[Stas]

Hi,
I'm using RadDateTimePicker with InputMode="DatePicker".
I need to set custom date format (MMddyyyy):

datePicker.Culture = new CultureInfo("en-US")
{
    DateTimeFormat = new DateTimeFormatInfo
    {
        ShortDatePattern = "MMddyyyy",
    }
};
datePicker.DisplayFormat = DateTimePickerFormat.Short;

But when enter something in this format (e.g. 10282010), the control doesn't treat it as a valid date.
Is there any way how to deal with this issue?

[Stas]

It looks like RadDateTimePicker expects some delimeter, so the problem is solved by a special behavior that handles

ParseDateTimeValue event and  parses input string own way. Thanks for exposing these internals.
Standard Silverlight controls are very badly extensible. 

[Kaloyan]

Hi Stas,

We assume that there might be a certain scenarios that doesn't confirm the customer's expectation. So the purpose of the following event - "ParseDateTimeValue" is to give the ability in the user's hands to overcome a situation like yours. Sorry if this is causing you some troubles.

Sincerely yours,
Kaloyan
the Telerik team

[Daní]

I'm trying to implement this feature in a Behavior but it's crashing whenever a date is selected. I'm using the DateTimePicker in DatePicker InputMode and Month DateSelectionMode and I want to customize the DateText to not show the day, just month and yera ("MM/yyyy"). ParseDateTimeValue event is never called and I'm getting a PareseException related to some missing delimeters.

[Kaloyan]

Hi Daní,

Can you share a fragment from your behavior that is showing the exception you are getting.

Greetings,
Kaloyan
the Telerik team