Date Format issue in CGridView - YII Framework

Question

I am trying to display created date column in CGridView, in DB its datatype is DateTime. I have used the below code to format the date,

array(  'name'=>'created',
                        'header'=>'created',
        'value' => 'Yii::app()->dateFormatter->format("d/M/y",strtotime($data->created))'
                       ),

I am getting date formated column in CGridView, but null values shows sysdate in column. Please see attached image,

Please provide any solution to remove sysdate in null values column

Answer 1

Well, strtotime(null) will return false (Kami is apparently wrong).

The issue is in Yii date formater : Yii::app()->dateFormatter->format("d/M/y", false) will return current date.

You should simply create a getter in your model :

function getCreatedDate()
{
  if ($this->created===null)
    return;

  return Yii::app()->dateFormatter->format("d/M/y", $this->created);
}

And in your grid view columns, you just have to use :

• array('name'=>'created', 'value'=>'$data->createdDate'),
• or 'createdDate'.

Answer 2

Use nullDisplay property of CGridView and set:

'nullDisplay'=>''