You could write a method that takes the Date and a format and returns the
String using the SimpleDateFormat approach. Something like this:
public String formatDate(java.util.Date myDate, String myFormat) {
// format ex: "yyyy-MM-dd"
return (new SimpleDateFormat(myFormat)).format(MyDate);
}
Dan
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> From: Vijay Eranti[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Reply To: Vijay Eranti
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 2:36 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Suggest the best way to include formatting info in
> displaying presentation data using display tag
>
> The display tag of JSP seems doesnt have any means of including
> formatting information for data.
>
> for instance
>
> <DISPLAY property="customer:startDate">
>
> Is there any way that I can specify the format of my value in the
> display tag like
>
> <DISPLAY property="customer:startDate" format="MM/DD/YYYY">
>
>
> The only way it seems for me for the time being is to create special
> properties in the customer bean like displayStartDate which should
> format the info and give it to the bean.
>
> Regards
> Vijay
>
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