"ken s" <kens@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B54A7257-8F3B-41E5-BDC5-60ADB0FF62BB@microsoft.com...
> Greetings,
> I'm using a custom date format to display date values in a BoundField in a
> GridView. Here's the line that formats the date value:
>
> DataFormatString="{0:MM/dd/yy}"
>
> It works fine as long as there's a date in the field being displayed. But
> if the field is null, it displays 01/01/01. I'd prefer that it either
> show a
> blank field when it's null. How can I do this?
>