Formatting a date as "long date" in a repeater

[Mischeif]

Hello
I'm having a little problem with formatting the date as "long date" in a repeater. I searched msdn and came up empty-handed. I could really use some help please.

My <ItemTemplate> content looks like this as I am using an Access database...

<%#Container.DataItem(&quot;OrderDate&quot%>

I would be grateful for any help in this matter.

Thanks

 

[link9]

You can define a formatting function in your codebehind, and call it during binding.

protected string formatDate(object d){
string output = string.Empty;
if(d!=null)
output = String.Format(&quot;{0:d}&quot;, d);
return output;
}

and call it like so:

<%# formatDate(Container.DataItem(&quot;OrderDate&quot) %>

-paul

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