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Display DateTime in custom format (ICustomerFormatter)

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jbssa asked on 24 Sep 2010, 09:01 AM
Hi,

I use the RadDatePicker to let the user select a date. Instead of displaying the whole date, only the year and the quarter should be displayed then. I thought of an ICustomerFormatter and IFormatProvider to write a new custom format for the quarter portion of the date. So I have to pass my own format provider to the control. How do I do that? I tried to overwrite RadDatePicker but this seems not enough, because the input control itself is a RadDatePicker-Control.
Any ideas to start with, or is it just the wrong way to achieve the displaying of my own custom format?

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Iana Tsolova
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answered on 29 Sep 2010, 01:18 PM
Hi jbssa,

The DateFormatString of the RadDateInput/RadDatePicker should have all the day, month and year parts. You can use the DisplayDateFormatString property to specify how date would look when the control is out of focus. If this is not applicable for your case, you would better use regular textbox control with RadCalendar for picking dates.

Additionally, you can refer to the below code library projects for further alternatives:
http://www.telerik.com/community/code-library/aspnet-ajax/calendar/how-to-use-raddatepicker-with-a-quot-mm-yyyy-quot-formatted-dateinput.aspx
http://www.telerik.com/community/code-library/aspnet-ajax/calendar/replace-the-dateinput-component-of-r-a-d-datepicker-with-regular-asp-textbox.aspx

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answered on 30 Sep 2010, 07:39 AM
Thanks for your reply Iana. I used your suggested solutions with a seperate textfield and display the selected date there with some formatting options.

Thanks!

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