Grid Template Column - Applying Date format

[gautam]

I have a template column in the grid as below,

columns.Template(
            @<text>
            @[e-mail]
            </text>
            ).Title("START-END DATE");

Both @item.GrantStartDate and @item.GrantEndDate are nullable dates.

How can I apply 'yyyy-MM-dd' format to these dates 

Thanks

[Dimiter Madjarov]

Hi Gautam,

You could apply a custom date format in a server template by specifying it in the ToString() method.
E.g.

.Template(@<text>@item.GrantStartDate.Value.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd")[e-mail]("yyyy-MM-dd")</text>);

 

Greetings,
Dimiter Madjarov
the Telerik team

[gautam]

Hi Dimiter,
Thanks. I had already tried that but this fails if the date is null. Is it possible to check for null/HasValue within the <text> block, as below

@item.GrantStartDate.HasValue? item.GrantStartDate.Value.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd"): string.Empty()

Thanks,
Gautam

[Dimiter Madjarov]

Hi again Gautam,

Yes, you could easily include the check about the NULL value.
E.g.

.Template(@<text>
@(item.GrantStartDate.HasValue ? item.GrantStartDate.Value.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd") : String.Empty) -
@(item.GrantEndDate.HasValue ? item.GrantEndDate.Value.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd") : String.Empty)
</text>);

Wish you a great day!

Kind regards,
Dimiter Madjarov
the Telerik team