Convert Date To ToShortDateString In Razor -

i have datetime field must shown in edit view

@html.editorfor( model => model.startdate ) 

how can use somthing ;

@html.editorfor( model => model.startdate.toshortdatestring() ) 

or custom function changing datetime view.

use [displayformat] attribute on view model:

public class myviewmodel {     [displayformat(dataformatstring = "{0:d}", applyformatineditmode = true)]     public datetime startdate { get; set; }      ...  } 

and in view simply:

@model myviewmodel ... @html.editorfor(model => model.startdate)