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Greetings,
I'm using a custom date format to display date values in a BoundField in a
GridView. Here's the line that formats the date value:

DataFormatString="{0:MM/dd/yy}"

It works fine as long as there's a date in the field being displayed. But
if the field is null, it displays 01/01/01. I'd prefer that it either show a
blank field when it's null. How can I do this?

Handle RowDataBound (or ItemDataBound) event. For ever row item check the
value in the data field (available via DataItem property). If it is null,
set the required cell (available via Cells property) text to blank.

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Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer & Consultant
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]


"ken s" <> wrote in message
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> Greetings,
> I'm using a custom date format to display date values in a BoundField in a
> GridView. Here's the line that formats the date value:
>
> DataFormatString="{0:MM/dd/yy}"
>
> It works fine as long as there's a date in the field being displayed. But
> if the field is null, it displays 01/01/01. I'd prefer that it either
> show a
> blank field when it's null. How can I do this?
>

Thank you for the tip. That did it.
/Ken