data annotations - ASP.Net MVC DisplayFormat

Question

In my model I have the following DataAnnotations on one of my properties

[Required(ErrorMessage = "*")]
[DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "{0:d}")]
[DataType(DataType.Date)]
public DateTime Birthdate { get; set; }

The required annotation works great, I added the other 2 to try and remove the time. It gets bound to an input in the view using

<%=Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Birthdate, new { @class = "middle-input" })%>

However whenever the view loads I still get the time appearing in the input box. Is there anyway to remove this using DataAnnotations?

Answer 1

The [DisplayFormat] attribute is only used in EditorFor/DisplayFor, and not by the raw HTML APIs like TextBoxFor.