date format w/ text field or bean:write

[Louis Leung <lo...@sun.com>]

Hi all,

Anyone know how to format dates when it gets displayed in a text field
(using html:text) or with bean:write ?  The dates are Date objects in
the Action Forms.  I want to format the display according to the locale
of the user.  Any ideas ?  :)


Louis


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Re: date format w/ text field or bean:write

[Vic Cekvenich <vc...@baseBeans.com>]

First you do not want to use bean:write but JSTL (that ships with Sun 
Web Services pack 1 and 1.1 :-)  )
JSTL has a F (format) tag that lets you "localize" the format. Your form 
bean would have a Date getDDate()
So use that a lot.

When using forms (html:text), I would have a baseFormBean (everyone 
should have one, as well as baseAction) , the baseFOrmBean should have 
getters/setters for locale.
Since html tag is String based, you also need a String getSDate(), that 
"localizes" and formats in the getter, and not in tag.

So .... for read only format in JSTP, for R/W, in the getter.

hth,
.V



Louis Leung wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>Anyone know how to format dates when it gets displayed in a text field
>(using html:text) or with bean:write ?  The dates are Date objects in
>the Action Forms.  I want to format the display according to the locale
>of the user.  Any ideas ?  :)
>
>
>Louis
>  
>

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