Format a date in text of LinkButton

[David C]

I am trying to get a LinkButton to show a formatted date as part of the text
but it is not working. Below is what I have. MealDate is a valid date, e.g.
11/17/2008. I want it to come out like "Novenber 17". Below is my button
settings.
Thanks.
David

<asp:LinkButt on ID="LinkButton1 " runat="server"
Text='Sun<br /><%# String.Format(E val("MealDate", "{0:MMMM dd}") %>'
Width="110" CommandArgument ='<%# Eval("MealDate" , "{0:d}") %>'
CommandName="In sert" OnCommand="LBtn MealEdit_Comman d">
</asp:LinkButton>

[Nathan Sokalski]

Re: Format a date in text of LinkButton

I am assuming that your LinkButton is inside of a Template in a Control such
as a Repeater or DataList. When formatting the value of a field when using
the Eval method, you do not need the String.Format. Try the following:

<asp:LinkButt on ID="LinkButton1 " runat="server" Text='<%#
DataBinder.Eval (Container.Data Item,"MealDate" ,"{0:MMMM dd}") %>' Width="110"
CommandArgument ='<%# DataBinder.Eval (Container.Data Item,"MealDate" , "{0:d}")
%>' CommandName="In sert" OnCommand="LBtn MealEdit_Comman d"/>

I also noticed that the value for your Text property had a constant and a
databound value. It is usually better to do this using the formatstring
parameter of the DataBinder.Eval method, such as the following:

Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval (Container.Data Item,"MealDate" ,"Sun<br/>{0:MMMM
dd}") %>'

Hopefully this helps.
--
Nathan Sokalski
njsokalski@hotm ail.com

http://www.nathansokalski.com/

"David C" <dlchase@lifeti meinc.comwrote in message
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>I am trying to get a LinkButton to show a formatted date as part of the
>text but it is not working. Below is what I have. MealDate is a valid
>date, e.g. 11/17/2008. I want it to come out like "Novenber 17". Below is
>my button settings.
Thanks.
David
>
<asp:LinkButt on ID="LinkButton1 " runat="server"
Text='Sun<br /><%# String.Format(E val("MealDate", "{0:MMMM dd}") %>'
Width="110" CommandArgument ='<%# Eval("MealDate" , "{0:d}") %>'
CommandName="In sert" OnCommand="LBtn MealEdit_Comman d">
</asp:LinkButton>
>