DataFormatString Not Working? Here is the Fix

Posted on February 22, 2007 by Michael Allen Smith

If you have a GridView control and are are trying to data format a BoundField, you may find your format instructions are being ignored.

The fix is to add HtmlEncode=”False” to the asp:BoundField. Then the DataFormatString should work.

<asp:BoundField DataField="LastModified"
  HeaderText="Modified"
  HtmlEncode="False"
  DataFormatString="{0:d}" />
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