datetime pattern (" / / ")

Question

does datagridview cell can have datetime pattern (" / / ") or (" . . "), that the user can entering only between two slash or two dots in datagridview cell ?

Suthish Nair · Answer

If this query got resolved then please Accept the post that helped you as Answer. So other members can easily find the answers.

Suthish Nair · Answer

I think you can use Masked TextBox control to achive this pattern. refer articles: MaskedTextBox in VB.NET Masked TextBox Control

Vishwa Raj · Answer

Srikant given gud solution foolow that

Soft Corner · Answer

There are different patterns for gridview, for e.g : we need to include DataFormatString = "{0:d}" for the BoundColumn to display a short date. DataFormatString = "{0:d}" ReadOnly="True" /> The following table shows some date format strings that can be used to format date in GridView columns, Format Pattern Name Example d Short date 11/8/2008 D Long date Sunday, August 11, 2008 t Short time 3:32 PM T Long time 3:32:00 PM f Full date/time ( short time ) Sunday, August 11, 2008 3:32 PM F Full date/time (long time) Sunday, August 11, 2008 3:32:00 PM g General date/time ( short time ) 8/11/2008 3:32 PM G General date/time ( long time ) 8/11/2008 3:32:00 PM m or M Month day August 11 r or R RFC 1123 Sun, 11 Aug 2008 8:32:00 GMT s Sortable date/time 2008-08-11T15:32:00 u Universable sortable date/time 2008-08-11 15:32:00z U Universable sortable date/time Sunday, August 11, 2008 11:32:00 PM y or Y Year month August, 2008