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CalendarDay.Date Property

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

Gets the date represented by an instance of this class. This property is read-only.

public:
 property DateTime Date { DateTime get(); };
public DateTime Date { get; }
member this.Date : DateTime
Public ReadOnly Property Date As DateTime

Property Value

DateTime

A DateTime object that contains the date represented by an instance of this class. This allows you to programmatically control the appearance or behavior of the day, based on this value.

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to use the Date property to compare the date being rendered in the DayRender event with today's date. If the date is today's date, it is displayed in a yellow cell with red text on the Calendar control.

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
    <title>ASP.NET Example</title>
<script language="C#" runat="server">

      void DayRender(Object source, DayRenderEventArgs e) 
      {
      
         if (e.Day.Date == calendar1.TodaysDate)
         {
            e.Cell.BackColor=System.Drawing.Color.Yellow;
            e.Cell.ForeColor=System.Drawing.Color.Red;
         }  
      
      }

   </script>
 
</head>
 
<body>
 
   <form id="form1" runat="server">
 
      <asp:Calendar id="calendar1" runat="server"
           WeekendDayStyle-BackColor="gray"
           OnDayRender="DayRender"/>
                   
   </form>
         
</body>
</html>

<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="True" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
    <title>ASP.NET Example</title>
<script language="VB" runat="server">
        Sub DayRender(source As Object, e As DayRenderEventArgs)
            
            If e.Day.Date = calendar1.TodaysDate Then
                e.Cell.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Yellow
                e.Cell.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red
            End If
        End Sub 'DayRender 
  </script>
 
</head>
 
<body>
 
   <form id="form1" runat="server">
 
      <asp:Calendar id="calendar1" runat="server"
           WeekendDayStyle-BackColor="gray"
           OnDayRender="DayRender"/>
                   
   </form>
         
</body>
</html>

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Calendar DayRender Example</title>
<script runat="server">
   
      void DayRender(Object sender, DayRenderEventArgs e) 
      {

         // Change the background color of the days in the month
         // to yellow.
         if (!e.Day.IsOtherMonth && !e.Day.IsWeekend)
         {
            e.Cell.BackColor=System.Drawing.Color.Yellow;
         }

         // Add custom text to cell in the Calendar control.
         if (e.Day.Date.Day == 18)
         {
            e.Cell.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl("<br />Holiday"));
         }

      }

      void Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
      {

         // Manually register the event-handling method for the DayRender  
         // event of the Calendar control.
         Calendar1.DayRender += new DayRenderEventHandler(this.DayRender);

      }

   </script>
 
</head>
 
<body>
 
   <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3>Calendar DayRender Example</h3>
 
      <asp:Calendar id="Calendar1" 
                    runat="server">

         <WeekendDayStyle BackColor="gray">
         </WeekendDayStyle>

      </asp:Calendar>
                   
   </form>
          
</body>
</html>

<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Calendar DayRender Example</title>
<script runat="server">
   
      Sub DayRender(sender as Object, e As DayRenderEventArgs) 

         ' Change the background color of the days in the month
         ' to yellow.
         If (Not e.Day.IsOtherMonth) And (Not e.Day.IsWeekend) Then
        
            e.Cell.BackColor=System.Drawing.Color.Yellow
         
         End If

         ' Add custom text to cell in the Calendar control.
         If e.Day.Date.Day = 18 Then
         
            e.Cell.Controls.Add(New LiteralControl("<br />Holiday"))
         
         End If

      End Sub

      Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)

         ' Manually register the event-handling method for the DayRender  
         ' event of the Calendar control.
         AddHandler Calendar1.DayRender, AddressOf DayRender

      End Sub

   </script>
 
</head>
 
<body>
 
   <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3>Calendar DayRender Example</h3>
 
      <asp:Calendar id="Calendar1" 
                    runat="server">

         <WeekendDayStyle BackColor="gray">
         </WeekendDayStyle>

      </asp:Calendar>
                   
   </form>
          
</body>
</html>

Remarks

Use the Date property to programmatically determine the date represented by an instance of this class.

Applies to

See also