Assign format of DateTime with data annotations?

Try tagging it with:

[DisplayFormat(ApplyFormatInEditMode = true, DataFormatString = "{0:MM/dd/yyyy}")]

c# asp.net asp.net-mvc data-annotations

Did you try this?

[DataType(DataType.Date)]

c# asp.net asp.net-mvc data-annotations

In mvc 4 you can easily do it like following using TextBoxFor..

@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.StartDate, "{0:MM/dd/yyyy}", new { @class = "form-control default-date-picker" })

So, you don't need to use any data annotation in model or view model class

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