How to give a Date field the correct format in a custom DispForm

I have one new trick to tell you today...

Imagine you have a Sharepoint list with a Date field that is only showing a date value and not the Time. If you create a Custom Display Form in Sharepoint Designer, you will see something incredible.

    - Date field shows Time value
    - Date field shows less 1 hour, which might lead to show one less day in date value

Just like this:


Check how I got the Date format...


1. Open your custom form in Sharepoint Designer and select the date value.


2. Click the Formule button and write the following Formule:

ddwrt:FormatDate(string(@Date), 1033, 1)

    Don't forget to use the string function!! Otherwise it will give you an error in XPath
    1033 is the locale code, check other locale codes here List of Locale Codes
    1 is the date format, the possible values are 1, 4, 5, 7,12, 13 or 15, each represent a different date format, pick the one that suites you better.

At least save your form and you will see a splendid result.

Enjoy my little trick...