jQuery + MVC + DateTime Format

In my aspx:

<td class="data"><%= Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.LastContainerStartDate)%></td>

where lastContainerStartDate is of dataType DateTime

and in

 $(document).ready(function () {
           $("#LastContainerSeqNum").numeric();
           $("#LastContainerStartDate").mask("99/99/9999 99:99:99");
           $("#LastContainerEndDate").mask("99/99/9999 99:99:99");

when the page get loads => only loads the date with开发者_运维问答 full mask format

Ex: 10/01/2010 loads fine. 01/01/2010 comes with blank field

How can i make my mask format for first char optional.

First - I suggest that you add a tag to this post clarifying which plugin this involves, because .mask is not a native method for JQuery.

Second - could you please clarify your question?

Ex: 10/01/2010 loads fine. 01/01/2010 comes with blank field

It seems that you are trying to input 01/01/2010, which should be legal input given that mask, and I was able to input that data, and retrieve it from the db (and populate correctly) in my own testing.

But then you ask:

How can i make my mask format for first char optional.

Could you specify what exactly you are looking for? Are you looking to make the input accept a string like 1/1/2010, or are you having problems making it accept the leading zero?

I'm not sure if it's exactly what you're looking for but I've found the below plugins quite satisfactory and useful.

Input Mask

jQuery Alphanumeric