asp.net mvc 3 - Converting DateTime format using razor

Question

What is wrong with the following?

@Convert.ToDateTime((@item.Date.ToShortDateString())," dd - M - yy")

@item.Date is showing 20/11/2005 12:00 a.m and I want to display 20 Nov 2011

Answer 1

Try:

@item.Date.ToString("dd MMM yyyy")

or you could use the [DisplayFormat] attribute on your view model:

[DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "{0:dd MMM yyyy}")]
public DateTime Date { get; set }

and in your view simply:

@Html.DisplayFor(x => x.Date)