Why are you guys continuing to advocate the use of a deprecated class? Look at the API!
Mark -----Original Message----- From: Gareth Andrew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 1:59 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: DateUtilities for ActionForms? If you want to use Locale aware conversions perhaps you should be using LocaleBeanUtils rather than BeanUtils. You should be able to convert a string to a date as follows: java.util.Date myDate = (java.util.Date)LocaleConvertUtils.convert("18 Jan 2003", Class.forName("java.util.Date")); If you change your form-properties to strings, copyProperties() should automagically do the String->Date conversion for you - although I think it uses toString() for Date->String so you'd need to use the DateFormat class and some locale information you have about the user (request.getLocale()?) to reformat the string. Gareth Mick Knutson wrote: > I looked at the javadocs, but I just can't seem to understand how to > use that. I looked at the struts source, but that is never used there. > Does anyone have a working example of this? > > > > --- > Thanks... > Mick Knutson > --- > > > > > >> From: Gareth Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: "Struts Users Mailing List" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: Struts Users Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: DateUtilities for ActionForms? >> Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 18:23:27 +0100 >> >> Mick, >> >> Have you tried using the BeanUtils converters. From the docs: >> >> *org.apache.commons.beanutils.locale.converters.DateLocaleConverter >> * >> Standard |LocaleConverter| <cid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> implementation that converts an incoming locale-sensitive String into >> a |java.util.Date| object, optionally using a default value or >> throwing a |ConversionException| >> <cid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> if a conversion error occurs. >> >> It sounds like it might help, but I haven't used it before so i can't >> comment. At the very least the source might be useful if you decide >> you need to write your own DateUtilities. >> >> HTH. >> >> Gareth. >> >> Mick Knutson wrote: >> >>> Is there already a set of DateUtilities for ActionForms? >>> I am finding myself converting to and from Strings and also >>> reformating my Dates to and from my DB. >>> >>> I am using EntityBeans and ValueObjects with my ActionForms, so to >>> keep the types in synch, it seems I have to do serious conversion >>> all the time. >>> Thanks in advance for the help. >>> >>> --- >>> Thanks... >>> Mick Knutson >>> --- >>> >>> _________________________________________________________________ >>> The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* >>> http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> - >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

