c# - How do you format a DateTime that's displayed by TextBoxFor() in MVC3?

Question

I have ASP.NET MVC3 installed. I need datepicker with formatted date. I tried this, but it's not working (when passing "{0:dd/MM/yyyy}" as format parameter, it still does not format):

    private static MvcHtmlString FormattedDateTextBoxFor<TModel, TProperty>(this HtmlHelper<TModel> htmlHelper, Expression<Func<TModel, TProperty>> expression, string format, RouteValueDictionary htmlAttributes)
    {
        var metadata = ModelMetadata.FromLambdaExpression(expression, htmlHelper.ViewData);

        if (metadata.Model != null && metadata.Model as DateTime? != null)
            htmlAttributes.Add("value", string.Format(format, (DateTime)metadata.Model));

        return htmlHelper.TextBoxFor(expression, htmlAttributes);
    }

EDIT: My code works if format is "{0:dd-MM-yyyy}" but not only for "{0:dd/MM/yyyy}"

I know that MVC4 has already this functionality, but unfortunately my project is written on MVC3. Can you help me?

Answer 1

The only format I have even gotten to work is this:

@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Birthdate, "{0:MM/dd/yyyy}")