How to set value from server side code to an asp.net TextBox with TextMode="Date"?

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I am doing a demo application for learning the use of new HTML5 input types (example- Date, email etc as TextMode) introduced in asp.net textbox control.

In my sample page I want to display server side date field data using asp:TextBox with TextMode="Date".

The asp.net code goes as:

<asp:TextBox ID="txtExpenseDate" TextMode="Date" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>

The C# backend code goes as

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    txtExpenseDate.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy");
}

But while the page loads, the date value does not get displayed in the textbox.

What am I doing wrong?

addendum: Just realized that since this is HTML5, I must mention browser version. I am on latest Google Chrome Version 33.0.1750.117 m. This displays the field as a calendar to pick the date, thus supports the HTML5 equivalant of TextMode="Date" attribute .

Regards,

Sumit

Sridhar Narasimhan · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-22 10:23:02Z

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Try the below code

 protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            this.txtExpenseDate.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd");
        }

http://forums.asp.net/t/1856516.aspx?Problem+with+date+textmode+for+textbox+in+vs2012+net+4+5

answered Feb 22, 2014 at 10:23

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Pranesh Janarthanan Over a year ago

Date format "yyyy-MM-dd" is the answer key here, This worked for me.

Sudhakar Tillapudi · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-22 09:49:02Z

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But while the page loads, the date value does not get displayed in the textbox.

You need to set the value for the TextBox control in Page_Load event of the Webpage

Try This:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    txtExpenseDate.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy");
}

answered Feb 22, 2014 at 9:49

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dhalsumit Over a year ago

Yes, yes. I put that in a event handler/ method. I thought this is obvious so I did not wrap that around the code Page_Load in the question. But with even/ function wrapper - it does not work.

dhalsumit Over a year ago

I added the wrapper now in the question for clarity. No success yet.

Sajidur Rahman · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-25 09:17:51Z

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Your TextMode set as Date So you need to convert at exact as date format optionally you can set textmode as date. like below.

this.txtExpenseDate.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd");
this.txtExpenseDate.TextMode=TextBoxMode.Date;

answered Nov 25, 2015 at 9:17

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