Thanks for your responses. I appreciate that.
I used the JSTL to format the date. Will it work using that? Do I have to
use decorator itself?
>From: Ed Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: displaytag-user@lists.sourceforge.net
>To: displaytag-user@lists.sourceforge.net
>Subject: Re: [displaytag-user] sort not working for Date
>Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:57:50 +0100
>
>fea jabi wrote:
> > thanks for your reply.
> >
> > But, we are using 1.0 version which doesn't have format in display
>column.
> > As, of now we can't use 1.1 version because of servlet constrait.
> >
> > What else can I try?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
>
>You could use a decorator. I use the following code to display and sort
>newspaper article publication dates. If DisplayTag is sorting the list
>by ArticleDate then the decorator returns the date formatted as
>yyyyMMddHHmmss. If DisplayTag is displaying the list then the decorator
>applies the correct format to display the date nicely.
>
> /**
> * A flag to tell the decorator methods when they're being sorted
>and when they're being
> * displayed. Set to true by startRow and false by finishRow
> */
> protected boolean display = false;
>
> /**
> * A date formatter that allows sorting by date
> */
> protected Format sortformat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmmss");
>
> /**
> * Turns on the display flag
> */
> public String startRow() {
> display = true;
> return "";
> }
>
>
> /**
> * @param article the article to return the date of
> * @return a nicely formatted article date
> */
> public String getArticleDate(Article article) {
> String date = "";
> Format fmt = article.getSource().getFrequency().getFormat();
> if (display) {
> date = fmt.format(article.getArticleDate());
> } else {
> date = sortformat.format(article.getArticleDate());
> }
>
> return date;
> }
>
> /**
> * Turns off the display flag.
> */
> public String finishRow() {
> display = false;
> return "";
> }
>
>Ed!
>
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