Date time in Kendo Grid

[David]

Hello I am using Kendo grid to edit price lists.

I am trying to edit single value in table:

@(Html.Kendo().Grid(Model).Name("PriceList")

    .Columns(columns =>

    {

        columns.Bound(p => p.Id).Hidden();

        columns.Bound(p => p.Name);

        columns.Bound(p => p.ValidFrom).Format("{0:dd.MM.yyyy h:mm:ss}");

        columns.Bound(p => p.ValidTill).Format("{0:dd.MM.yyyy h:mm:ss}");

        columns.Bound(p => p.Created).Format("{0:dd.MM.yyyy h:mm:ss}");

        columns.Bound(p => p.UserName);

        columns.Bound(p => p.FilePath);

        columns.Command(command => { command.Edit(); command.Destroy(); });

    })

    .DataSource(dataSource => dataSource.Ajax()

            .Model(model =>

            {

                model.Id(p => p.Id);

                model.Field(p => p.ValidFrom).Editable(false);

                model.Field(p => p.ValidTill).Editable(true);

                model.Field(p => p.Created).Editable(false);

                model.Field(p => p.UserName).Editable(false);

                model.Field(p => p.FilePath).Editable(false);

                model.Field(p => p.Name).Editable(false);

        })

        .Read("PriceList_Read", "Admin")       

        .Destroy("PriceList_Editing_Destroy", "Admin")

        .Update(update=>update.Action("PriceList_Editing_Update", "Admin"))

        .Events(e=>e.Error("error_handler"))

    )   

    .Editable(editable => editable.Mode(GridEditMode.InLine))

    .AutoBind(true)

)

And I am having troubles passing edited value in grid to my controller:

public ActionResult PriceList_Editing_Update([DataSourceRequest] DataSourceRequest request, PriceListViewModel model)

        {

             

                    int Id = model.Id;

                    string Name = model.Name;

                    DateTime date = model.ValidTill; // 0001 00:00:00 value all the time

          

            return View("Index", GetViewResult());

        }

I am always getting back empty datetime value (by empty I mean {1. 1. 0001 0:00:00}) same problem is with 2 other columns using DateTime property (Created and ValidFrom). Rest of the values are posted back correctly. I was trying to get those values using string DateTillStr = Request.Params["ValidTill"]; but if I check my GET in firebug I can see grid is not sending back this value inside Request it sends only NON Datetime values of my model object. Like this:

Actual  false

FilePath    D:\Projects\CPSkla\CPSkla\App_Data\Cen°k 2012_10.xlsx

Id  23

Name    Testovací ceník

User    0

User1   null

UserName    djezek

Nothing more nothing less, only these 7 attributes I am missing rest 4 from my model:

public partial class PriceListView

    {

        public int Id { get; set; }

        public int User { get; set; }

        public string Name { get; set; }

        public System.DateTime ValidFrom { get; set; }

        public System.DateTime ValidTill { get; set; }

        public string FilePath { get; set; }

        public Nullable<System.DateTime> Created { get; set; }

        public Nullable<System.DateTime> Updated { get; set; }

        public bool Actual { get; set; }

        public string UserName { get; set; }

    }

Is there some other way to post these data back? I figured out I can attach additional data to Update request but I had an issue how to identify edited row in the table in javascript function (I know how to identify selected value but not edited).

Please help me I am quite desperate.

David Ježek

[ANDREW REED]

Having exactly the same issue, but mine is on the Create method.

I am using Codefirst and if I change this to a string from datetime, it appears in the Get to the Controller. If its a datetime, the KendoUI grid does not add it to the querystring.

When TestDate is set to DateTime in my model:

http://localhost:53921/Test/Create?ID=0&ID=0&Detail=fgdfgdfgdfgdf&UserProviderKey=

When TestDate is set to string
http://localhost:53921/Test/Create?ID=0&ID=0&Detail=fgdfgdfgdfgdf&TestDate=dkflsd&UserProviderKey=

Since I also have a default value of today in the KendoUI.Grid Model, I'm starting to think either we are missing some element or this is a bug.