columns.format String

The format that is applied to the value before it is displayed. Takes the {0:format} form where format is a standard number format, custom number format, standard date format or a custom date format.

The kendo.format function is used to format the value.

Example - specifyinging the column format string

<div id="treelist"></div>
<script>
  $("#treelist").kendoTreeList({
    columns: [
      { field: "lastName" },
      { field: "successRate", format: "{0:p}" },
      { field: "hireDate", format: "{0:dd/MMM/yyyy}" }
    ],
    dataSource: {
      data: [
        { id: 1, parentId: null, lastName: "Jackson", successRate: 0.7, hireDate: new Date(2012, 2, 3) },
        { id: 2, parentId: 1, lastName: "Weber", successRate: 0.8, hireDate: new Date(2012, 7, 13) }
      ]
    }
  });
</script>