format datetime in GridView ItemTemplate?

[Dabbler]

I can't figure out how to format a Label containing a datetime value in a
GridView .

<asp:TemplateField>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="JoinDate" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("JoinDate")
%>' ></asp:Label>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
I use DataTextFormatString="{0:MMM yyyy}" in a DropDownList but this won't
work with the Label.

Thanks for any suggestions.

[Phillip Williams]

The data format string is passed as a second parameter to the Eval function
call Eval("JoinDate","{0:MMM yyyy}")
--
HTH,
Phillip Williams
http://www.societopia.net
http://www.webswapp.com
"Dabbler" wrote:

I can't figure out how to format a Label containing a datetime value in a
GridView .

<asp:TemplateField>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="JoinDate" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("JoinDate")
%>' ></asp:Label>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
I use DataTextFormatString="{0:MMM yyyy}" in a DropDownList but this won't
work with the Label.

Thanks for any suggestions.

[Dabbler]

Thanks, sometimes I'm so dense.

"Phillip Williams" wrote:

The data format string is passed as a second parameter to the Eval function
call Eval("JoinDate","{0:MMM yyyy}")
--
HTH,
Phillip Williams
http://www.societopia.net
http://www.webswapp.com
"Dabbler" wrote:

I can't figure out how to format a Label containing a datetime value in a
GridView .

<asp:TemplateField>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="JoinDate" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("JoinDate")
%>' ></asp:Label>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
I use DataTextFormatString="{0:MMM yyyy}" in a DropDownList but this won't
work with the Label.

Thanks for any suggestions.