Formatting Dates in a GridView

To display a date in mm/dd/yyyy format in a GridView use the following (make sure the “MM” is capitalized, because “mm” = minutes)
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Trip Date" >

<ItemTemplate >

<%# Server.HtmlEncode( Eval("TripDate", "{0:MM/dd/yyyy}").ToString() ) %>

</ItemTemplate>

</asp:TemplateField>