Get gridview cell DataFormatString

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How can I get applied DataFormatString of perticular cell of gridview? I am looping through all cells of gridview and I need to check dataformatstring of the cell. Any way to get it?

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Welcome to SO. Kindly put what you have tried so far. – शेखर Mar 05 '13 at 07:48 — शेखर, Mar 05 '13 at 07:48
are you using bound field. – शेखर Mar 05 '13 at 07:50 — शेखर, Mar 05 '13 at 07:50
yes i have added columns using boundfield dynamically. – QA Åøæ Åøæ Mar 05 '13 at 07:56 — QA Åøæ Åøæ, Mar 05 '13 at 07:56

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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Just specify the DataFormatString in the GridView

<asp:BoundField HeaderText="Date" DataField="MyDate" 
     DataFormatString="{0:MM/dd/yy}">

Further reading
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.globalization.datetimeformatinfo.aspx

More links

datetime format in asp.net gridview
Format DateTime string representation in GridView dataset
DataFormatString not working in gridview column

edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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I do not want to set DataFormatString but i need to get the DataFormatString. – QA Åøæ Åøæ Mar 05 '13 at 09:22
@QAÅøæÅøæ what is the data type of your field? – शेखर Mar 05 '13 at 09:25
For some columns it is int and for some it is money some places it is date. – QA Åøæ Åøæ Mar 05 '13 at 09:29
@QAÅøæÅøæ for which column you want `DataFormatString` – शेखर Mar 05 '13 at 10:14

Get gridview cell DataFormatString

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