Workaround: public partial class Form1 : Form { public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); this.radGridView1.DataSource = this.GetData(); this.radGridView1.AutoSizeColumnsMode = GridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill; ((GridViewDateTimeColumn)this.radGridView1.Columns["Date"]).FormatString = "{0: yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss.fff tt}"; } private DataTable GetData() { DataTable dt = new DataTable(); dt.Columns.Add("Id", typeof(int)); dt.Columns.Add("Name", typeof(string)); dt.Columns.Add("Date", typeof(DateTime)); dt.Columns.Add("Bool", typeof(bool)); for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) { dt.Rows.Add(i, "Name " + i, DateTime.Now.AddDays(i), i % 2 == 0); } return dt; } } public class MyRadGridView : RadGridView { public override string ThemeClassName { get { return typeof(RadGridView).FullName; } } protected override RadGridViewElement CreateGridViewElement() { return new MyRadGridViewElement(); } } public class MyRadGridViewElement : RadGridViewElement { protected override Type ThemeEffectiveType { get { return typeof(MyRadGridViewElement); } } protected override MasterGridViewTemplate CreateTemplate() { return new MyMasterGridViewTemplate(); } } public class MyMasterGridViewTemplate : MasterGridViewTemplate { public override void Copy() { base.Copy(); GridViewCellInfo[] cells = null; if (this.SelectionMode == GridViewSelectionMode.CellSelect) { cells = new GridViewCellInfo[this.SelectedCells.Count]; this.SelectedCells.CopyTo(cells, 0); } else if (this.SelectionMode == GridViewSelectionMode.FullRowSelect) { GridViewDataRowInfo row = this.SelectedRows[0] as GridViewDataRowInfo; if (this.SelectedRows.Count == 1 && row.ViewTemplate.CurrentColumn != null) { cells = new GridViewCellInfo[row.Cells.Count]; for (int i = 0; i < row.Cells.Count; i++) { cells[i] = row.Cells[i]; } } } if (Clipboard.GetData(DataFormats.Text) != null) { string data = Clipboard.GetData(DataFormats.Text).ToString(); if (data != string.Empty && cells != null) { var values = data.Split(new char[] { '\t' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries); StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); foreach (string value in values) { DateTime date; if (DateTime.TryParse(value, out date)) { string baseFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm tt"; foreach (var cell in cells) { if (cell.ColumnInfo is GridViewDateTimeColumn && ((DateTime)cell.Value).ToString(baseFormat) == date.ToString(baseFormat)) { sb.Append(string.Format(((GridViewDateTimeColumn)cell.ColumnInfo).FormatString, cell.Value) + "\t"); break; } } } else { sb.Append(value + "\t"); } } Clipboard.Clear(); Clipboard.SetData(DataFormats.Text, sb.ToString()); } } } }