How to customize WebForms widget list template and display custom date

How to pass the "PublicationDate" property from the Blog posts widget template to a custom method and then display the result as label in the template How to customize PublicationDate to use 'st', 'nd', 'rd' and 'th' suffix after day numbers

Jul 15, 2022
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how-to-customize-webforms-widget-list-template-and-display-custom-date

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000218787

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Product: Sitefinity Version: 11.x, 12.x, 13.3, 14.x OS: All supported OS versions Database: All supported Microsoft SQL Server versions

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1. Add the using on the top of the template:

<%@ Import Namespace="SitefinityWebApp" %>

2. Add the label and call the custom method passing the "PublicationDate":

<asp:Label Text='<%# SitefinityWebApp.Sitefinity.Test.GetFormattedTime(Eval("PublicationDate").ToString())%>' TextMode="Encode" runat="server" />

3. Add your custom code e.g.:

using System;

namespace SitefinityWebApp.Sitefinity
{
    public static class Test
    {
        public static string GetFormattedTime(string time)
        {
            var suffix = GetDaySuffix(DateTime.Parse(time).Day);

            return DateTime.Parse(time).Day.ToString() + $"{suffix} " + DateTime.Parse(time).ToString("MMM") + " " + DateTime.Parse(time).Year.ToString();
     
        }
        public static string GetDaySuffix(int day)
        {
            switch (day)
            {
                case 1:
                case 21:
                case 31:
                    return "st";
                case 2:
                case 22:
                    return "nd";
                case 3:
                case 23:
                    return "rd";
                default:
                    return "th";
            }
        }
    }
}

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8/12/2022 11:54 AM

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