Use "MM/dd/yy" instead of "mm/dd/yy" !! See Java 2 docs.
Robin Karatra,
Fidelity Investments
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 11:05 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [ND] Date Format
>
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> I am having trouble formatting a date. I get a date entered in a
> display field and find the prior 6 days.
> The date is entered in the format mm/dd/yy. This date entered in
> the displayfield formatss ok, but Date2, Date3, etc. come out in the
> Long format. I tried the format type in ND and I tried
> java.text.SimpleDateFormat("mm/dd/yy") and it worked except the month
> was always 00. (00/01/99)
>
> CODE
> //get the date entered on the screen
> String Datex = getDisplayFieldValue("tbDateEntered").toString;
>
> //get the prior 6 days
> Date Date2 = new Date(Datex.getYear(),Datex.getMonth(),Datex.getDate() -
> 1);
> Date Date3 = new Date(Datex.getYear(),Datex.getMonth(),Datex.getDate()-
> 2);
> ....ETC.
> Any idea on how to format my output to mm/dd/yy in Date2, Date3,...?
> Thanks,
> Steve
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