Setting the Display Format of RadDatePicker's TextBox

Updated on Sep 15, 2025

Environment

Product	RadDatePicker for WPF
Version	2024.3.821

Description

How to change the default date-time format for the selected date in RadDatePicker.

Solution

You can assign the Culture property of the RadDatePicker. This way you can use the DateTimeFormat of the CultureInfo object.

C#

    var culture = (CultureInfo)Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.Clone();
    culture.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern = "MM/dd/yyyy";
    this.radDatePicker.Culture = culture;