[Solved] How to display a DateTime as a string?

[Jane]

I need to display a date as a non-modifiable string. 
It used to show on a calendar, getting ContractStart value of type DateTime.

<dt>@(Html.Telerik().DatePicker()
           .Name("StartDate")
           .Value((DateTime?)ViewBag.ContractStart))
        </dt>

 
I want something like below, where ViewBag.ContractStart has been changed to a string type : 

<dt>@(Html.Telerik().LabelFor()
                .Name("StartDate")
                .Value(ViewBag.ContractStart))</dt>

but LabelFor doesn't seem to be an option. 

Not sure how to make it work with Telerik().HtmlHelper() either.
Links to documentation and/or examples are appreciated!

thanks
Jane

[Atanas Korchev]

Hi,

 Why don' you output the value like this?:

@ViewBag.ContactStart

Regards,

Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team

[Jane]

It shows correct string initially, but when ViewBag.StartDate value is updated it is not shown.

[Atanas Korchev]

Hello,

 I am sorry but I don't understand what the problem is. An ASP.NET MVC view will display all updated values once rendered.

Regards,
Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team

[Jane]

When the page loads, ViewBag.StartDate has a value, and it is displayed correctly. 
However, a user gets to  change other values on the page (select different entries in drop downs, etc..), which causes ViewBag.StartDate value to be set to a different date.   The page is not rendered again, but I need the updated value to show up.

[Atanas Korchev]

Hello,

 I still don't understand what the problem is. How is the ViewBag.StartDate updated without a request to the server side?

All the best,
Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team

[Jane]

There is a request to the server side, the ViewBag is updated on the server call. 

[Atanas Korchev]

Hi,

 Perhaps you can return the date as a result of this server request and update it in the view using JavaScript. Even if there were a component showing readonly dates you still would need to update it using code in this case.

Kind regards,
Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team

[Jane]

Yes, that would be fine.
Can you point me to an example, or documentation for relevant JavaScript calls?  

[Atanas Korchev]

Hello,

 Since we don't offer this behavior out of the box we don't have any examples or documentation. You can however search online 

All the best,
Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team