Today-button includes time

[Magnus]

When using the Today-button to select todays date, the selected value also includes the current time. Not what I would expect for the DatePicker. We solve it easy at our end, but I thought you might want to now.

[Dinko | Tech Support Engineer]

Hi Magnus,

I double check this on my side but wasn't able to reproduce it. I have used the below code. 

<telerik:RadDatePicker TodayButtonVisibility="Visible" />

When I press the today button only a Date format is visible in the TextBox of the RadDatePicker. Can you elaborate more on your scenario? 

Regards,
Dinko
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[Magnus]

Hi, sorry for not describing the issue better. The problem arise in a RadGridView where we have a column displaying dates. If I try to filter such a column and sets the date by the Today-button (not visible by default) I guess that the grid is using the SelectedValue property, and that property includes both time and date parts and is then trying to filter with both current date and time. I realize that that the SelectedValue should include both date and time, but I would expect that a click on "Today" should set the date to the current date, and the time to zero.

[Dinko | Tech Support Engineer]

Hello Magnus,

Thank you for the provided details.

To achieve the desired result you will need to create a custom command that sets only the SelectedDate value when the Today button is clicked and replace the default telerik:RadDateTimePickerCommands.SetToday command with your command in the RadDateTimePicker's control template. You can refer to the Editing Control Templates article for more information.

Check the attached project. I am guessing that you are placing a RadDatetimePicker control in a CellTemplate of the RadGridView. You can add the modifications of the RadDateTimePicker demonstrated in the attached project in your main application.

Regards,
Dinko
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[Dinko | Tech Support Engineer]

Hello Magnus,

As a follow-up. You can take a look at this forum thread where similar behavior was discussed. You can try the solution suggested from my colleague Martin which could be more appropriate in your scenario.

Regards,
Dinko
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[Magnus]

Thanks.