Change DateTime error message

Question

I use MVC 5 and in my model I have DateTime property like this:

[Column(TypeName = "Date")]
[DataType(DataType.Date)]
public DateTime StartDate { get; set; }

when I entered an invalid date the following message appears in ValidationSummary:

The field StartDate must be a date

I need to change this message where I can change it?

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 01 '15 at 13:09

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You need to add ErrorMessage property .Try this

[DataType(DataType.Date),ErrorMessage="Your message here"]

answered Jun 01 '15 at 13:09

Mairaj Ahmad

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It looks obvious, but that doesn't work. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13916991/mvc-datatype-errormessage – CodeCaster Jun 01 '15 at 13:23
@CodeCaster yes ErrorMessage doesn't work with me, but the link you sent didn't help me as well please I need more clarification what is the use of ErrorMessage in DataType and how can I override this default message – Abraham Josef Jun 01 '15 at 13:32
@AbrahamJosef scroll down a bit to the next answer in that link that CodeCaster provided. It shows how you can use [`ValidationMessageFor`](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee703502(v=vs.118).aspx). Hth... – EdSF Jun 01 '15 at 13:51

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 21 '21 at 19:40

What worked for me was adding a data-val-date attribute to the textbox to override the one that gets created for it (inspect the textbox and you'll see).

@Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.DateOfBirth, new { @class = "form-control", inputDate = "", data_val_date = "Please enter a valid date" })

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 28 '17 at 12:26

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From razor you can do this in this way.

@Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.StartDate, "Your custom message.", new { @class = "text-danger" })

answered Feb 28 '17 at 12:26

Maske

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When I do that, the message always shows, regardless of whether the data is valid or not. – Reisclef Mar 03 '17 at 12:53

Change DateTime error message

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