MVC View nullable Date field formatting

Question

I am trying to display the following in a view but is giving a problem:

    <td>
     @item.CreatedByDt.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy") 
    </td>

Any idea on how to handle a nullable Date field in a view. I am using Razor by the way.

I am getting the following error:

No overload for method 'ToString' takes 1 arguments

score 36 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 30 '11 at 20:11

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If you don't know if it will be null or not...

@string.Format("{0:MM/dd/yyyy}", item.CreatedByDt)

answered Nov 30 '11 at 20:11

dotjoe

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if I use like that in webgrid, I got this error **Value cannot be null. Parameter name: args ** – CMMaung Jul 05 '13 at 07:15
This will give error if used on nullable DateTime with NULL value – MAXE May 06 '20 at 10:24

score 12 · Answer 2 · answered May 22 '14 at 13:08

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@(item.CreatedByDt.HasValue ? item.CreatedByDt.Value.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy") : "--/--/----")

You can replace the display string for when your date is null with what you want.

answered May 22 '14 at 13:08

Alain Terrieur

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 23 '20 at 19:14

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If DateTime? is a null value, they give an error.

This solution will not generate an error:

@functions{
    string FormatNullableDate(DateTime? value) => value.HasValue ? value.Value.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy") : "-";
}

<td>
@FormatNullableDateTime(item.CreatedByDt)
</td>

edited Oct 23 '20 at 19:14

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answered May 06 '20 at 11:13

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 30 '11 at 19:46

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@item.CreatedByDt.Value.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy")

answered Nov 30 '11 at 19:46

Dima Pasko

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Will through an exception if it is null – Rabbi Jan 02 '13 at 16:56

score -2 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 30 '11 at 19:45

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@item.PostDatePublished.Value.ToString

need the value in there

answered Nov 30 '11 at 19:45

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Will through an exception if it is null – Rabbi Jan 02 '13 at 16:56

MVC View nullable Date field formatting

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