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PODate Format using Html.DisplayFor() in MVC5
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Referencing the answer in this <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17229666/date-formatting-with-html-helpers">post</a> I added /Views/Shared/DisplayTemplates and added a partial view called ShortDateTime.cshtml as shown below: <pre><code>@model System.DateTime @Model.ToShortDateString() </code></pre> When the model contains a value this works and the formatted date is displayed correctly: <pre><code>@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.BirthDate, "ShortDateTime") </code></pre> However, if a null value is returned a 'System.InvalidOperationException' is thrown. Indicating: <blockquote> {"The model item passed into the dictionary is null, but this dictionary requires a non-null model item of type 'System.DateTime'."} </blockquote> My first inclination was to use an if statement inside the partial view but it didn't seem to matter. Without referencing the template null values are handled as in: <pre><code>@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.BirthDate) </code></pre> but the original issue of formatting remains. When I try to put conditional formatting in the View as follows, it doesn't work but I hoping it's just a syntax thing. <pre><code>@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.BirthDate == null) ? string.Empty : (modelItem => item.BirthDate, "ShortDateTime")) </code></pre> The above results in a different 'System.InvalidOperationException': <blockquote> {"Templates can be used only with field access, property access, single-dimension array index, or single-parameter custom indexer expressions."} </blockquote> So, is there a way to do conditional formatting in the View to generate just the date from a DateTime value?
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Date Format using Html.DisplayFor() in MVC5
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