Problem with substring from markup

Hg El

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Hi!

I'm using a repeater and the following in markup:

<%# ((EPiServer.Core.PageData)Container.DataItem)["Date"]%>

I really would like to shorten the date with a substring method. I just don't get it to work... How can I do this?

#73636

Aug 02, 2013 12:42

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What property type is your "Date"? If it is a DateTime, you cannot make a substring on it since substring is a method on a string.

To get a property value as a DateTime you need to cast it, for example: (DateTime)page["Date"]

See http://world.episerver.com/Articles/Items/Best-Coding-Practices/ for some best practices about casting Properties and preparing for null values.

If you want to convert a DateTime to a string you need to perform a .toString() on it. Since there are ways to format a string on the DateTime.toString() method I think it would be better to use it instead of performing .toString().SubString();

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kb3ddd4.aspx and http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/az4se3k1.aspx for more information about DateTime string formats

#73637

Aug 02, 2013 14:29

Hg El

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I got it to work with the casting... Thanks!

#73727

Aug 07, 2013 10:01