Sometimes you want to have your GridView as simple as:
<asp:GridView ID="grid" runat="server" />
You don't want to specify any BoundField, you just want to bind your grid to DataReader. The following code helped me to format DateTime in this situation.
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
grid.RowDataBound += grid_RowDataBound;
// Your DB access code here...
// grid.DataSource = cmd.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.CloseConnection);
// grid.DataBind();
}
void grid_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Row.RowType != DataControlRowType.DataRow)
return;
var dt = (e.Row.DataItem as DbDataRecord).GetDateTime(4);
e.Row.Cells[4].Text = dt.ToString("dd.MM.yyyy");
}
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