MVC4 DateTime EditorFor displaying date and also TIME

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Hi,

I am trying to create a parking app in MVC 4.

To register a car parking on a parking lot I need to have a field where I can set time and date marking the start of parking.

Right now I have a model with data annotations:

C#

[Display(Name = "Parking Start Time")]
[DataType(DataType.Date), DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "{0:HH:mm dd/MM/yyyy}", ApplyFormatInEditMode = true)]
public DateTime ParkingStartTime { get; set; }

And in View:

HTML

<div class="editor-label">
            @Html.LabelFor(vm => vm.newCarOnParkingSpot.ParkingStartTime)
        </div>
        <div class="editor-field">
            @Html.EditorFor(vm => vm.newCarOnParkingSpot.ParkingStartTime)
            @Html.ValidationMessageFor(vm => vm.newCarOnParkingSpot.ParkingStartTime)
        </div>

This gives me neat resault for date picking, but no time entering option:
Image

The reason I use formating is because the original DateTime format(US) does not suit my application. I would like to have it as close to - HH:mm dd/MM/yyyy - as I can.

What options do I have for getting date and also time from the user?

I have searched for solutions but somehow missed similar problems. Maybe I'm approching this problem from a wrong angle. Please be gentle, it's my first question.

Thank you in advance!

Posted 20-Jul-15 21:30pm

Slevender

Updated 21-Jul-15 3:14am

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Satya Prakash (consultant) · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-21T08:49:00

Solution 1

USE
public TimeSpan ParkingStartTime { get; set; }
in the model in case only time needed.
ELSE
public DateTime ParkingStartTime { get; set; }
USE datetime picker in JS.
$('#datepicker').datetimepicker({
dateFormat: "dd/MM/yyyy",
timeFormat: "HH:mm"
});

Posted 21-Jul-15 8:49am

Satya Prakash (consultant)

Updated 21-Jul-15 8:51am

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Slevender 22-Jul-15 2:33am

Yes. Thank you. For the end of the day I managed to find jQuery dateTimePicker on my own too. But thanks for replying!