I am trying to format the date fields coming from the database in MM/DD/YYYY format but adding the dateformatstring to the boundcolumn does not seem to be working.

The code for the column is

                 <asp:BoundField DataField="Created" DataFormatString="{0:MM/dd/yyyy}" HeaderText="Created" SortExpression="Created" />

and I am binding to a typedlist in code as follows

     protected void BindData(ISortExpression sorter, IPredicateExpression filter)
    {
        eFinancials.TypedListClasses.InvoiceGridTypedList invoices = new eFinancials.TypedListClasses.InvoiceGridTypedList();
        invoices.Fill(0, sorter, false, filter);
        this.GridView1.DataSource = invoices;
        this.GridView1.DataBind();
    }

Any ideas why the formatting is not working? Does it have to do with the design-time issues with the gridview with the current version of LLBLGEN?

Thanks, Dave

am trying to format the date fields coming from the database in MM/DD/YYYY format but adding the dateformatstring to the boundcolumn does not seem to be working.

The code for the column is

 <asp:BoundField DataField="Created" DataFormatString="{0:MM/dd/yyyy}" HeaderText="Created" SortExpression="Created" />

and I am binding to a typedlist in code as follows

protected void BindData(ISortExpression sorter, IPredicateExpression filter)
{
eFinancials.TypedListClasses.InvoiceGridTypedList invoices = new eFinancials.TypedListClasses.InvoiceGridTypedList();
invoices.Fill(0, sorter, false, filter);
this.GridView1.DataSource = invoices;
this.GridView1.DataBind();
} 

Any ideas why the formatting is not working? Does it have to do with the design-time issues with the gridview with the current version of LLBLGEN?

Thanks, Dave

What exactly does 'doesn't work' mean? You get an exception or the formatting is ignored or something else?

The formatting is ignored. It comes out like 09/21/2005 7:17:40 AM with the time added on in the grid instead of 09/21/2005.

check the following link: http://www.dotnetslackers.com/ASP_NET/re-15049_Fixing_a_Date_Formatting_Bug_in_ASP_NET_2_0.aspx

Thanks, that was the problem!

Yeah, this helped me too. I thought maybe there was something wrong with my EntityCollection. Thanks!