[required]
[DataType(DataType.Date)]
[DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "{0:MM/dd/yyyy}")]
public DateTime? ExpirationDate { get; set; }

This answer还包括一些更多的属性.

更新以包括在ASP.NET MVC4中启用客户端验证的说明

要启用客户端验证,您需要：

>将jquery.validation插件添加到页脚

<%: Scripts.Render("~/Scripts/jquery.validate.min.js") %>
<%: Scripts.Render("~/Scripts/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js") %>

>将其添加到web.config

<appSettings>
  <add key="ClientValidationEnabled" value="true" />
  <add key="UnobtrusiveJavaScriptEnabled" value="true" />
</appSettings>

>在使用@ Html.ValidationMessageFor()时使用这个CSS,以便它被初始隐藏并通过javascript验证显示

<style type="text/css">
 
/* styles for validation helpers */
.field-validation-error {
    color: #e80c20;
    font-weight: bold;
}
 
.field-validation-valid {
    display: none;
}
 
input.input-validation-error {
    border: 1px solid #e80c20;
}
 
input[type="checkBox"].input-validation-error {
    border: 0 none;
}
 
.validation-summary-errors {
    color: #e80c20;
    font-weight: bold;
    font-size: 1.1em;
}
 
.validation-summary-valid {
    display: none;
}
 
</style>