Use JSTL's formatDate tag. Very easy to use and lets you format your
date any way you want it. Example:
<fmt:formatDate value="${yourDate}" pattern="yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm" />
it is that simple.
Alex.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Riaan Oberholzer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 8:30 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [Q] Struts and date formatters
>
> I am using the <bean:write> tag and for date fields
> (java.util.Date), I get the (rather ugly) full:
>
> Wed Aug 06 12:08:07 CEST 2003
>
> I have tried to do:
>
> DateFormdat df = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance();
> SimpleDateFormat sdf = (SimpleDateFormat)df;
> sdf.applyPattern("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm");
>
> But it gets ignored.... how/where can I change the
> default pattern that struts uses to format dates with?
>
> Thanks.
>
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