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Re: Re: Re: Custom date format in DatePicker in Beta 2.0

David H — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:14:28 GMT

I've found the answer why setting the ShortDatePattern = "dd/MMM/yyyy" does not work. It turns out that it needs to have the escape character "\" the for slash "/" in the format string. Once I change to the following, it works

Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern = "dd\/MMM\/yyyy";

Thanks

David

Re: Re: Custom date format in DatePicker in Beta 2.0

David H — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:42:26 GMT

Hi Amanda,

I'm running Silverlight 2.0 and my machine's regional setting date format is set to M/dd/yyyy, when I run the following code, it returns the correct format in Silverlight as I specify.

Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("en-us");

Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern = "dd-MMM-yyyy";

However, when I change my machine's regional setting date format to M-dd-yyyy and run the following code, it does not returns the correct format as I specify.

Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("en-us");

Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern = "dd/MMM/yyyy";

Instead, it returns 09-Mar-2009 and looks like it still use the Date Separator from regional settings. Did I do anything wrong here? Or is it a bug in Silverlight 2.0?

Thanks

David

Re: Re: Custom date format in DatePicker in Beta 2.0

Amanda Wang - MSFT — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:18:53 GMT

Hi kent,

Hi,

You can try to add the namespace using System.Globalization; using System.Threading; in the app.xaml.cs file, and add below two lines code in the Application_Startup event:

Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("en-GB");
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern = "dd-MMM-yyyy";

for example:

private void Application_Startup(object sender, StartupEventArgs e)
        {
            Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("en-GB");
            Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern = "dd-MMM-yyyy";
            this.RootVisual = new Page();
        }

Re: Re: Custom date format in DatePicker in Beta 2.0

virendrakr — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:57:50 GMT

Hi Amanda, I tried it in Silverlight 2. It did not work. My system date format is "dd-MMM-yyyy" and i am trying to format it in "MM/dd/yyyy" format. This SelectedDateChange event was falling in loop therefore i used CalenderClosed event but no luck. Thanks

Re: Re: Custom date format in DatePicker in Beta 2.0

jcmoore0 — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:56:40 GMT

Hi Amanda,

I hope they add a custom formatter property to the DatePicker other than just (Long, Short)

I was not able to use the SelectedDateChanged for formatting because Editing causes changes before Editing is completed. I tried LostFocus but it continuously looped during my test. I think it may be a known issue with LostFocus.

Thanks,

John

Re: Custom date format in DatePicker in Beta 2.0

Amanda Wang - MSFT — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:16:29 GMT

Hi Pratik ,

We have a test on our labs with the silverlight RTW.

private void picker_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)// the datapicker's load event.
        {
            this.picker.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString("dd-MMM-yyyy");
        }

        private void picker_SelectedDateChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            this.picker.Text = this.picker.SelectedDate.Value.ToString("dd-MMM-yyyy");
        }

If you add the code: this.picker.Text = this.picker.SelectedDate.Value.ToString("dd-MMM-yyyy"); to the datapicker;s SelectedDateChanged event, you can get the correct date formate in the load event.

Re: Custom date format in DatePicker in Beta 2.0

preishuber — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:02:38 GMT

as silverlight 2 is unsuported in all beta editions i suggest you to change to RTW bits and then take the toolkit http://www.codeplex.com/Silverlight

Source code is included

Custom date format in DatePicker in Beta 2.0

pthakkar — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:58:54 GMT

Hi all,

I am trying to set my custom date format like dd-MMM-yyyy to datepicker control in silverlight 2 beta 2.

I have tried as following way:

datepicker.SelectedDate = DateTime.Today;

datepicker.Text = datepicker.SelectedDate.Value.ToString("dd-MMM-yyyy");

on load event of it. But fail to get current date in formate like 13-Nov-2008.

I need help here..

Thanks

Pratik