DatePicker calendar unresponsive after setting date server side

[J]

Basically, when I try to set the date through something like this:

RadDatePicker1.SelectedDate = DateTime.ParseExact(dateToConvert, "yyyyMMdd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

the calendar popup button stops working. Any ideas?

[Shinu]

Hi J,

Please try the following code snippet to set the SelectedDate of RadDatePicker using ParseExact.

C#:

protected void RadDatePicker1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    string dateString ,format;
    dateString = "06/15/2008";
    format = "d";
    CultureInfo provider = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
    DateTime result = DateTime.ParseExact(dateString, format, provider);
    RadDatePicker1.SelectedDate = result;

}

Note: Please follow this documentation.

Alternate Method to set SelectedDate:
C#:

RadDatePicker1.SelectedDate = DateTime.Today;

Hope this will help you
Thanks,
Shinu