date comparision using validwhen

[fea jabi <zy...@hotmail.com>]

can we use validwhen to do date comparision?

we are using date pattern MM-dd-yyyy. the data type in form bean property is 
String.



Thanks.

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Re: date comparision using validwhen

[Laurie Harper <la...@holoweb.net>]

fea jabi wrote:
> can we use validwhen to do date comparision?
> 
> we are using date pattern MM-dd-yyyy. the data type in form bean 
> property is String.

No, according to the last note in the validwhen section of the Validator 
Guide [1],

* If both items to be compared are convertable to ints,
   a numeric comparison is done, otherwise a string comparison
   is done.

There's no support for date comparisons.

L.

[1] http://struts.apache.org/1.2.9/userGuide/dev_validator.html


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