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I have a GridView with a BoundField containing a DateTime value, but instead of "01.07.2006 00:00:00" I wanted it to display "June, 2007". Easily fixed with a DataFormatString="{0:MMMM, yyyy}", right? Not so... It refused to apply the format string. Luckily, Google came to the resque again, Raj Kaimal had the same problem and solved it.

Turns out that the field value is HTML encoded before the format string is applied. Add a HtmlEncode="False" to the BoundField and the problem is solved. Thanks Raj!

DataFormatString not being applied to a BoundField http://www.henriksen.no/PermaLink,guid,478b6245-805e-4730-83dd-3ee0ac591a8f.aspx http://www.henriksen.no/2007/01/03/DataFormatStringNotBeingAppliedToABoundField.aspx Wed, 03 Jan 2007 22:24:06 GMT <p> I have a GridView with a BoundField containing a DateTime value, but instead of "01.07.2006 00:00:00" I wanted it to display "June, 2007". Easily fixed with a <font color=#ff0000 size=2>DataFormatString</font><font color=#0000ff size=2>="{0:MMMM, yyyy}"</font>, right? Not so... It refused to apply the format string. Luckily, Google came to the resque again, <a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/rajbk/archive/2005/10/31/429090.aspx">Raj Kaimal had the same problem and solved it</a>. </p> <p> Turns out that the field value is HTML encoded before the format string is applied. Add a <font color=#ff0000 size=2>HtmlEncode</font><font color=#0000ff size=2>="False"</font>&nbsp;to the BoundField and the problem is solved. Thanks Raj! </p> <img width="0" height="0" src="http://www.henriksen.no/aggbug.ashx?id=478b6245-805e-4730-83dd-3ee0ac591a8f" /> http://www.henriksen.no/CommentView,guid,478b6245-805e-4730-83dd-3ee0ac591a8f.aspx ASP.NET Programming