Customize Date format in XtraGridView in vb.net

March 23, 2023

It seems that the DateGridView1 is possible to change format of the date in specific column and I am using XtraGridView from DevExpress, May I ask that is it possible to change the date format in specific column in XtraGridView, I already coded but it won’t work for me.

This is my code

Private Sub GridViewOBTA_ColumnChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles GridViewOBTA.ColumnChanged
        GridViewOBTA.Columns(4).DisplayFormat.FormatType = DevExpress.Utils.FormatType.DateTime
        GridViewOBTA.Columns(4).DisplayFormat.FormatString = "d"
    End Sub

I want to display the months and years only in GridViewOBTA. The date is in the 5th column. I put Column(4) because it started in 0, if I’m not mistaken. And I put formatString = "d" for the short date.

Thank you for answering this question.

Sincerely,
Mr. Dev

>Solution :

The below works for me

 GridViewOBTA.Columns("columname").DisplayFormat.FormatType = DevExpress.Utils.FormatType.DateTime
 GridViewOBTA.Columns("columname").DisplayFormat.FormatString = "dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss"

You can change "dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss" to "MM/yyyy" for months and year only.

Also i use this code when i fill the gridview and not within an event.(This is the issue in your case i think)