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Date format in RDLC report viewer changes while printing

Neeraja Sathyadas

in my .net desktop application, there is a report and while viewing report it shows dd/MMM/yy. But when i click print i am getting the printout as

mm/dd/yy. How can i print it exactly like the system short date settings??

my text box expression is

=FormatDateTime(Fields!RegDate.Value,DateFormat.GeneralDate)

Please help..

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Neeraja Sathyadas11y ago
thank you.. It wrkd :)
Neeraja Sathyadas11y ago
Thanx :)
Manoj Bhoir11y ago
Hi,

You can format dates and numbers within a string with the Format function.
See this example :
=Format(Parameters!StartDate.Value, "D")
In your case :
=Format(Fields!RegDate.Value, "dd/MMM/yy")
Miguel de J. Oramas Fernández11y ago
Try this : =Format(Fields!RegDate.Value,"dd MMM yyyy")