DatePicker store just Date

Question

I have a Telerik RadDatePicker in asp.net

<telerik:RadDatePicker runat="server" Width="100px" 
                       DateInput-DateFormat="MM/dd/yyyy" 
                       DbSelectedDate='<%# Bind("FirstPosDate")%>' 
                       ID="txtFirstPosDate">
</telerik:RadDatePicker>

When I do something like:

RadDatePicker firstPosDate = ((RadDatePicker)item.FindControl("txtFirstPosDate"));
var fPosDate = firstPosDate.SelectedDate;

I get Date and Time. Is there a way for the SelectedDate to return only the Date?

Try my answer. RadDatePicker.SelectedDate is a DateTime, so it should work. — Jon La Marr, Nov 20 '13 at 16:16

Karl Anderson · Answer 1 · 2013-11-20T19:43:07.670

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Just format the full DateTime object to the short date string via the date/time string formatters, like this:

var fPostDate = firstPosDate.SelectedDate.ToString("d");

edited Nov 20 '13 at 19:43

answered Nov 20 '13 at 16:00

Karl Anderson

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Thanks Karl. I am using the RadDatePicker. Sorry did not mention that. I did try the .Date as you suggested but it would not take it. There is no extension of .Date – Nate Pet Nov 20 '13 at 16:11
Interesting, because per the Telerik documentation for [SelectedDate](http://www.telerik.com/help/sitefinity/developer-manual/radcalendar.net2-telerik.webcontrols.raddatepicker-selecteddate.html) it is a nullable .NET `DateTime` object. Does `var fPosDate = firstPosDate.SelectedDate.Value.Date;` work? – Karl Anderson Nov 20 '13 at 16:18
Karl, var fPosDate = firstPosDate.SelectedDate.Value.Date still shows Date and Time. Not just the Date like we like it. – Nate Pet Nov 20 '13 at 19:23
@NatePet - see updated answer to get just the date portion of a `DateTime` as a string. – Karl Anderson Nov 20 '13 at 19:43

Jon La Marr · Answer 2 · 2013-11-20T16:07:52.540

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Look at this - http://www.dotnetperls.com/datetime-format

DatePicker.SelectedDate returns a DateTime object, so you can format the object as follows (or one of the many other ways detailed in the link above):

var fPosDate = firstPosDate.SelectedDate.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy"); // Return 11/20/2013

edited Nov 20 '13 at 16:07

answered Nov 20 '13 at 16:01

Jon La Marr

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DatePicker store just Date

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