Date = Date in the template :/

[sitefinitysteve]

Ok so the data object I have to bind to (remote data, have no control over it) has a property called "Date", and since it's also sending me dates in ISO format I need to do one of these

#= kendo.toString(new Date(data.Date), 'hh:sstt') #

However the error thrown is "Date is not a function"

I do this same thing in another similar object whos date property is PublishedDate (not "Date") and the above code works fine...so I assume its the ambiguous naming.

Is there anything I can do outside of telling telligent community server to change their REST API :)

[Dimo]

Hello Steve,

Our templates by default use a with statement, which extends the scope chain of the model.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/with

The purpose of this approach is to reference the model properties directly and more easily.

You can try setting useWithBlock to false, as described at

http://docs.kendoui.com/getting-started/framework/templates/performance#disabling-%22with%22-blocking-in-kendo-ui-templates

If controlling how the template is created is not possible, another (even easier) option is to use window.Date() instead of just Date().

Regards,
Dimo
the Telerik team