Converting DateTime format using razor

This is solution:

@item.Published.Value.ToString("dd. MM. yyyy")

Before ToString() use Value.

The [DisplayFormat] attribute is only used in EditorFor/DisplayFor, and not by the raw HTML APIs like TextBoxFor. I got it working by doing the following,

Model:

[Display(Name = "When was that document issued ?")]
[DisplayFormat(ApplyFormatInEditMode = true, DataFormatString = "{0:d}")]
public DateTime? LiquorLicenceDocumentIssueDate { get; set; }

View:

        <div id="IsLiquorLicenceDocumentOnPremisesYes" class="groupLongLabel">
            @Html.LabelFor(m => m.LiquorLicenceDocumentIssueDate)
            <span class="indicator"></span>
            @Html.EditorFor(m => m.LiquorLicenceDocumentIssueDate)
            <span id="validEmail"></span>
            <br />
            @Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.LiquorLicenceDocumentIssueDate)
        </div>

Output: 30/12/2011

Related link:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.componentmodel.dataannotations.displayformatattribute.applyformatineditmode.aspx

Try this in MVC 4.0

@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.YourDate, "{0:dd/MM/yyyy}", new { @class = "datefield form-control", @placeholder = "Enter start date..." })

Try:

@item.Date.ToString("dd MMM yyyy")

or you could use the [DisplayFormat] attribute on your view model:

[DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "{0:dd MMM yyyy}")]
public DateTime Date { get; set }

and in your view simply:

@Html.DisplayFor(x => x.Date)