If you want to apply date display format to the textbox in ASP.NET MVC , you can achieve this through Data Annotations in the model.
Date DisplayFormat for Textbox in ASP.NET MVC
Below is a sample sourecode demonstrating the Date DisplayFormat for Textbox in ASP.NET MVC
Razor View
@Html.EditorFor(m => m.JoiningDate);
Model and Data Annotations
[DisplayFormat(ApplyFormatInEditMode = true, DataFormatString = "{0:dd/mm/yy}")]
public DateTime JoiningDate { get; set; }
The above annotations will display the textbox in the specified datetime format .