Date Conversion in Forms in ASP.NET MVC

On the Visual Studio, create new ASP.NET MVC Web Application project

Select Empty Template and Core Reference is MVC

In Models folder, create new entities class as below:

Create new class named Account.cs as below:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;

namespace LearnASPNETMVCWithRealApps.Models
{
    public class Account
    {
        public string Username { get; set; }
        public string FullName { get; set; }
        [DisplayFormat(ApplyFormatInEditMode = true, DataFormatString = "{0:dd/MM/yyyy}")]
        public DateTime Birthday { get; set; }
    }
}

In Controllers folder, create new controller named AccountController.cs as below:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using LearnASPNETMVCWithRealApps.Models;

namespace LearnASPNETMVCWithRealApps.Controllers
{
    public class AccountController : Controller
    {
        [HttpGet]
        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            var account = new Account()
            {
                Birthday = DateTime.Now
            };
            return View("Index", account);
        }

        [HttpPost]
        public ActionResult Save(Account account)
        {
            ViewBag.account = account;
            return View("Success");
        }
    }
}

In Views/Account folder, create new razor views as below:

Create new view named Index.cshtml as below:

@{
    Layout = null;
}

@model LearnASPNETMVCWithRealApps.Models.Account

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>
<head>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
    <title>Index</title>
</head>
<body>

    <h3>Account Register</h3>
    @using (Html.BeginForm("Save", "Account", FormMethod.Post))
    {
        <table>
            <tr>
                <td>Username</td>
                <td>@Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.Username)</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Full Name</td>
                <td>@Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.FullName)</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Birthday</td>
                <td>@Html.EditorFor(model => model.Birthday)</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td><input type="submit" value="Save" /></td>
            </tr>
        </table>
    }

</body>
</html>

Create new razor view named Success.cshtml as below:

@{
    Layout = null;
}

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>
<head>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
    <title>Index</title>
</head>
<body>

    <h3>Account Info</h3>
    <table>
        <tr>
            <td>Username</td>
            <td>@ViewBag.account.Username</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Full Name</td>
            <td>@ViewBag.account.FullName</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Birthday</td>
            <td>@ViewBag.account.Birthday.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd")</td>
        </tr>
    </table>


</body>
</html>

Access Index action in Account controller with following url: http://localhost:49328/Account/Index

Output

Click Save button submit form to Save action in Account controller with following url: http://localhost:49328/Account/Save

Output

I recommend you refer to the books below to learn more about the knowledge in this article:

Create ASP.NET MVC Project

Entities Class

Account Entity

Create Controller

Create View

Index View

Success View

Structure of ASP.NET MVC Project

Run Application

References