setting RadDateTimePicker selecteddate with null or empty

[Benjamin]

 I have added my RadDateTimePicker to a asp:Repeater. on first load the data binding will be empty and this cause the error Value of '1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM' is not valid for 'SelectedDate'. 'SelectedDate' should be between 'MinDate' and 'MaxDate'

i would like to know how to i set the selecteddate to empty string or null value.

i have tried to set the selecteddate to current datetime, but it screw up the timepicker format and the interval setting

 

i tried doing  DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yyy HH:mm") and got the error

System.FormatException: String was not recognized as a valid DateTime

 

my markup

01.<asp:Repeater ID="rptReplyDate" runat="server" OnItemDataBound="rptReplyDate_ItemDataBound">
02.    <HeaderTemplate>
03.        <table cellpadding="0px" cellspacing="0px" class="mainTable">
04.    </HeaderTemplate>
05.    <FooterTemplate>
06.        </table>
07.    </FooterTemplate>
08.    <ItemTemplate>
09.        <tr>
10.            <td style="padding: 1em 1em;">
11.                <table cellpadding="0px" cellspacing="0px" class="repeaterTable">
12.                    <tr>
13.                        <td>
14.                            <telerik:RadDateTimePicker ID="txtReplayDate" runat="server" SelectedDate='<%# Convert.ToDateTime( DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "completetion")) %>'>
15.                                <TimeView TimeFormat="HH:mm:ss" runat="server">
16.                                </TimeView>
17.                                <DateInput DisplayDateFormat="dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm" runat="server">
18.                                </DateInput>
19.                            </telerik:RadDateTimePicker>
20.                        </td>
21.                    </tr>
22.
23.                </table>
24.            </td>
25.        </tr>
26.    </ItemTemplate>
27.</asp:Repeater>

my code

01.protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
02.        {
03.            if (!Page.IsPostBack)
04.            {
05.                List<ReplayDate> col = new List<ReplayDate>();
06.                ReplayDate newData = new ReplayDate();
07.                newData.completetion = DateTime.Now.ToString();
08.                newData.id = 0;
09.                col.Add(newData);
10.                rptReplyDate.DataSource = col;
11.                rptReplyDate.DataBind();
12.
13.             }
14.}
15.    public class ReplayDate
16.    {
17.        public int id { get; set; }
18.        public string completetion { get; set; }
19.    }

[Vasil]

Hello Benjamin,

Your example is running correct on my machine. However since you bind the date objects as string it may actually fail if the culture is different.

I would suggest you to bind directly to the DateTime object, and to avoid cast it to string.

<telerik:RadDateTimePicker ID="txtReplayDate" runat="server"
    SelectedDate='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "completetion") %>'>
    <TimeView TimeFormat="HH:mm:ss" runat="server">
    </TimeView>
    <DateInput DisplayDateFormat="dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm" runat="server">
    </DateInput>
</telerik:RadDateTimePicker>

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (!Page.IsPostBack)
    {
        List<ReplayDate> col = new List<ReplayDate>();
        ReplayDate newData = new ReplayDate();
        newData.completetion = DateTime.Now;
        newData.id = 0;
        col.Add(newData);
        rptReplyDate.DataSource = col;
        rptReplyDate.DataBind();
    }
}

public class ReplayDate
{
    public int id { get; set; }
    public DateTime? completetion { get; set; }
}

This way the binding will work culture independent, and you will able to localize it further.

Regards,
Vasil
Telerik by Progress

[Benjamin]

Thanks Vasil, that solve my problem