Convert Decimal to Date Value

Question

Hi.

I have a program in MVC.
It gets data from AS400 such as birthday and display it but in decimal like 06051985. I want it to be displayed in 06/05/1985.
How will I do it and where (View, Model, Controller?).

Thanks.

Answer 1

You can do something like below by having a GETTER only property in your Model.

MyModel myModel = new MyModel { BirthdayAsInt = 06051985 };
Console.WriteLine(myModel.Birthday); // 06/05/1985

public class MyModel
{
    public int BirthdayAsInt { get; set; }

    public string Birthday
    {
        get
        {
            // TODO: Validate BirthdayAsInt is in the expected format, otherwise below can throw can error
            // Or make the following code defensive

            string birthdayAsString = BirthdayAsInt.ToString("D8");

            int date = Convert.ToInt32(birthdayAsString.Substring(0, 2));
            int month = Convert.ToInt32(birthdayAsString.Substring(2, 2));
            int year = Convert.ToInt32(birthdayAsString.Substring(4, 4));

            return new DateTime(year, month, date).ToString("dd/MM/yyyy");
        }
    }
}