Datetime picker control to be blank when the form loads

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Hi,

I have a datetimepicker control in my form. It works fine except for one thing-
Its default value is automatically set to today's date. I want the control to be blank when the form loads.
Can you please point me in the right direction about how to do this?

Thanks for your time.

Posted 13-Feb-12 22:41pm

GaneshKale22

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Al Moje 14-Feb-12 4:51am

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Aniket Yadav · Answer 1 · 2012-02-13T23:04:00

Actually it's possible you can set Format of the DateTimePicker to Custom and set the custom format to a blank string (not empty but just one whitespace)

C#

this.dateTimePicker1.Format = DateTimePickerFormat.Custom;
this.dateTimePicker1.CustomFormat = " "; //a string with one whitespace

This shows a blank date time. But the value does not change to null. You have to handle this issue seperately in your code

manognya kota · Answer 2 · 2012-02-13T23:00:00

Solution 1

Hi,

Hope this helps.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/846395/how-can-i-make-a-datetimepicker-display-an-empty-string[^]

Posted 13-Feb-12 23:00pm

manognya kota

zyck · Answer 3 · 2012-02-13T23:22:00

Solution 3

JavaScript

<script type="text/javascript">

function clearText(){
document.getElementById('txtSampleDate.ClientID').value = "";
}

window.onload=clearText();

ASP.NET

<asp:textbox id="txtSampleDate" runat="server" xmlns:asp="#unknown" />

Posted 13-Feb-12 23:22pm

zyck