[Solved] Handle Formatting of Column in Method

[Gabe]

This is what I originally had, but I want to conditionally handle the formatting.

.Format("{0:MM/dd/yyyy}")

If DateTime == DateTime.Min then I want to show an empty value rather than DateTime.Min...

So...
I have created and Extension Method to handle my DateTime formatting...
How can I pass in the value correctly to the method for the grid...

Example:

On one of my columns I have the Telerik Format method where I want to call my extension method to do the formatting, I thought this might work but instead its passing in the literal "{0}"

.Format(Html.FormatDateTime("{0}"))

How can I pass in the correct value ?

[Atanas Korchev]

Hello Gabe,

 The format accepts only strings. If you have a custom formatting method you must set the Template for your column:

 column.Bound(d => d.Date).Template((d) =>
{
   %>
  <%= Html.FormatDateTime(d.Date) %>
});

Have in mind though that this will only work for server bound grids.

Regards,
Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team

[Gabe]

I am using Client Side Binding, how can I do this using Client Side Binding?

[Atanas Korchev]

Hi Gabe,

 You cannot do this via client-side binding because there is no way to use server side method in the browser. You have to create a client-side template which will format the date properly or just use a custom date format for your column.

Regards,
Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team

[Gabe]

So the clientside template would have to use some script to format the date, I tried that... But didn't pan out...

Here's what I tried..

.ClientTemplate("<script>formatDateTime('<#= EffectiveDate #>')</script>")

The value ends up blank in the cell...

[Gabe]

I got it to work like this:

.ClientTemplate("<#= formatDateTime(EffectiveDate) #>")

Is this a good approach?

[Atanas Korchev]

Hi Gabe,

 Yes, this is the best approach.

Regards,
Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team