It's actually a bug in the javascript. I think the double/long storing the date in the browser loses precision in certain cases and when it gets sent to the server the day is getting adjusted accordingly.
http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=3276 On Apr 22, 2:13 pm, Pascal <zig...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is probably happening because thetimezonerules are different > between java and the brower. When you send a date, you're sending a > millisecond offset. Also, if the browser is in a differenttimezone > than the server, you can be a day off your dates if the (hidden) time > is close to midnight. > > My advice would be, if you need a date object that has no time > component, create a simple dto or use a string, this way, you're sure > it will be the same date regardless of timezones. > > Pascal > > On Apr 22, 10:44 am, Stephan <stephanwes...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I've run into quite a strange issue serializing dates from the browser > > to the server. > > > When I enter the following dates in the browser I receive for some > > dates the wrong value at the server side (using date pattern dd-MM- > > yyyy): > > > 1-1-1968 -> Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 CET 1968 - correct > > 1-3-1968 -> Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 CET 1968 - correct > > 1-4-1968 -> Sun Mar 31 23:00:00 CET 1968 - wrong > > 4-4-1968 -> Wed Apr 03 23:00:00 CET 1968 - wrong > > 1-4-1999 -> Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 CEST 1999 - correct > > > Note that in April 1968 there is a 1 day difference. This problem does > > not occur in hosted mode, only in web mode. > > > Perhaps i've messed up somehow, perhaps someone else can try as well. > > > thanks, > > > Stephan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to Google-Web-Toolkit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
