Best practice for working with DateTime in asp.net and my sql server

Best practice for working with DateTime in asp.net and my sql server
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Format the update parameter value at time of updating List View

my sql store data in  yyyy-mm-dd format...
but it can execute update command if date is in mm/dd/yyyy fromat.
My web app displays controls in uk , indian format ie dd/mm/yyyy
You can retrive date in dd/mm/yyyy format from mysql by folowing query 
SELECT  DATE_FORMAT(sch_dt,'%d/%m/%Y') as sch_dt,  FROM comm_prog


So finally here is the Best practice for working with DateTime in asp.net and my sql server.

Make an entry in your web.config file like this inside system.web

 
 <!-- To let the default date as en-US style mm/dd/yyyy in backgrount and let controls have en-GB dd/mm/yyyy format /  Culture fr-CH, Date: 30.11.2007 00:00:00-->
   
 <globalization   requestEncoding="utf-8"   responseEncoding="utf-8"   culture = "en-US"   uiCulture = "en-US" />


Let the user see dates in dd/mm/yyyy format
like:




               <td>
                        <asp:TextBox ID="sch_dtTextBox" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("sch_dt") %>' />
                        <asp:CalendarExtender ID="CalendarExtender1" runat="server" TargetControlID="sch_dtTextBox" Format="dd/MM/yyyy">
                        </asp:CalendarExtender>
                    </td>


But you workaround in MM/dd/yyyy format in your code and change my sql update query  parameter in list view itemupdating event as 



Protected Sub ListView1_ItemUpdating(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListViewUpdateEventArgs) Handles ListView1.ItemUpdating
        Dim ukProvider As IFormatProvider = New System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-GB")  ' uk style date dd/MM/yyyy
        Dim txt As TextBox = TryCast(ListView1.EditItem.FindControl("sch_dtTextBox"), TextBox)
        If txt IsNot Nothing Then
            Dim temp As String = DateTime.Parse(txt.Text, ukProvider, System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.NoCurrentDateDefault)
            'SqlDataSource1.UpdateParameters("sch_d").DefaultValue = temp 'Strings.Mid(temp, 1, temp.length - 1)
            e.NewValues("sch_dt") = temp
        End If
        
    End Sub 

Dont forgot to Envoke this from Listview1 onitemupdating event:


 <asp:ListView ID="ListView1" runat="server" DataKeyNames="uid" 
            DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1" InsertItemPosition="LastItem" OnItemUpdating ="ListView1_ItemUpdating">


Vinod Kotiya
www.vinodkotiya.com

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