i want to put a variable in a aspx so when publishing it transform to actual date...

Question

I want to put a variable in a aspx so when publishing it transform to actual date...

I mean I want to change

Actual date: 23/12/10

for

Actual date: $date

and when it compiles it gets rendered

Answer 1

You can simply use:

Actual date: <%=Date.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yy")%>

See this handy list of DateTime.ToString formats.