How do I get date only out of datepicker in WPF?

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I have a DatePicker for the user to select manually a date, and this date goes in as a value for a selected item in my datagrid.

however, it is displayed as '23/01/2023 12:00:00 AM', for example.
I want it to be displayed as '23/01/2023'.

I have my code as follows:

    public partial class Shortlist : Window
    {
     
//        public ObservableCollection<ShortlistedClient> shlclients { get; set; } = new ObservableCollection<ShortlistedClient>();
        List<ShortlistedClient1> shlclients = new List<ShortlistedClient1>();

        public DateTime? SelectedDateFormat { get; private set; }

        public Shortlist()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        //    createShClientList();
            DataContext = shlclients;
            shlclients.Add(new ShortlistedClient1("Rich", "07515118265", "rich@gmail.com", "Glasgow", "Office", "MSc", "more than 3 years", "Yes", "No"));
            shlclients.Add(new ShortlistedClient1("Steve", "07515118265", "steve@gmail.com", "Glasgow", "Construction", "High School", "more than 3 years", "Yes", "No"));
            shlclients.Add(new ShortlistedClient1("Maria", "07485999005", "mb@gmail.com", "Edinburgh", "Office", "MSc", "more than 3 years", "No", "No"));
        }

        

        // method to add date to each selected client
        private void addInterviewDT(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            ShortlistedClient sc = dgr.SelectedItem as ShortlistedClient;

            if (sc != null )
            {
                sc.DT = DatePick.SelectedDate;
            }

then my class definition is like this:

public class ShortlistedClient1 : Client, INotifyPropertyChanged
{
    private DateTime? _dt;

    public DateTime?  DT
    {
        get { return _dt; }
        set { _dt = value; NotifyPropertyChanged(); }
    }

    public bool InterestedinVac { get; private set; }


    public List<ShortlistedClient> clients { get; set; } = new List<ShortlistedClient1>();
    public ShortlistedClient(string n, string p, string e, string l, string wt, string q, string we, string dl, string cc) : base(n, p, e, l, wt, q, we, dl, cc)
    {
        DT = new DateTime();
        InterestedinVac = true;
    }

What I have tried:

I have tried changing DateOnly? to DateTime? in my ShortlistedClient class, and then set { _dt = value.ToShortDateString(); .. }   but it gives an error as well.

and I have tried
```
private DateTime _dt;

        public DateTime  DT
        {
            get { return _dt; }
            set { _dt = value.Date; NotifyPropertyChanged(); }
        }

        public bool InterestedinVac { get; private set; }

        public List<ShortlistedClient> clients { get; set; } = new List<ShortlistedClient>();
        public ShortlistedClient(string n, string p, string e, string l, string wt, string q, string we, string dl, string cc) : base(n, p, e, l, wt, q, we, dl, cc)
        {
            DT = new DateTime(); 
            InterestedinVac = true; 
        }

```
which gives:
```
Error	CS0266	Cannot implicitly convert type 'System.DateTime?' to 'System.DateTime'. An explicit conversion exists (are you missing a cast?)

Posted 19-Dec-22 12:56pm

Maria Bruyevich

Updated 20-Dec-22 12:46pm

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Graeme_Grant · Answer 1 · 2022-12-19T13:52:00

You can set the date format in the Data Binding. For example:

XML

<DataGridTextColumn Binding="{StartDate, StringFormat=\{0:dd.MM.yy\}}" />

UPDATED

Sometimes in these situations, it is helpful to create a prototype project for testing specific features before implementing them in your main project. I have done this here for you in a quick demo project showing how it works:

1. Data Model

C#

public class Widget
{
    public string? Name { get; set; }
    public DateTime? Date { get; set; }
}

2. Code Behind

C#

public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
    private Random random = new();
    public ObservableCollection<Widget> Widgets { get; set; } = new();

    public MainWindow()
    {
        CreateWidgets();
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private void CreateWidgets()
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
        {
            Widgets.Add(new()
            {
                Name = $"Widget {i}", 
                Date = DateTime.Now.AddDays(random.NextDouble() * 5)
            });
        }
    }
}

3. Window:

XML

<Window x:Class="WpfDataGridDateColumnFormatting.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
        mc:Ignorable="d"
        x:Name="Window"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="450" Width="800">

    <DataGrid DataContext="{Binding ElementName=Window}"
              ItemsSource="{Binding Widgets}"
              AutoGenerateColumns="False">
        <DataGrid.Columns>
            <DataGridTextColumn Header="Name"
                                Binding="{Binding Name}" />
            <DataGridTextColumn Header="Date"
                                Binding="{Binding Date,
                                          StringFormat=\{0:dd.MM.yy\}}" />
        </DataGrid.Columns>
    </DataGrid>
</Window>

Output works as described above.

Member 4137856 · Answer 2 · 2024-02-19T01:12:00

Solution 3

Bit late, but problem might be the missing comma after the 'DT' in:

<datagridtextcolumn header="Interview Date" Binding="{Binding DT StringFormat=\{0:dd.MM.yy\}}" />

Posted 19-Feb-24 1:12am

Member 4137856