Thanks for pointing out joda-time Paul. It looks very promising, and is 
documented very well!

Regards,

Joel


On 9/19/05, Paul Field <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Hi Dan,
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> It's worth considering creating a simple component for formatting a date 
> (possibly just wrapping up the Insert component with a format as mentioned 
> by Joel). That can ensure you're using the same format across your site and 
> when your sponsors ask for some interesting extension (such as a change in 
> format or the ability for users to choose between US-format and UK-format 
> dates) then you'll be much happier :-)
> 
> While I'm at it, I'll plug one of my favourite open-source projects: 
> http://joda-time.sourceforge.net/ which is a fantastically good 
> replacement for Java's date and time classes.
> 
> Paul
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> Joel Charlesworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Hi Dan,
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> If you're using the Tapestry 4 Insert component, there is a 'format'
> parameter you can supply. The framework documentation site has an example 
> of
> this:
> http://jakarta.apache.org/tapestry/tapestry/ComponentReference/Insert.html
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> I have read the SimpleDateFormat class isn't threadsafe, so you might want
> to look at FastDateFormat which is part of the Apache Commons-lang 
> library.
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> Have a good one!
> 
> Joel
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> On 9/19/05, Dan Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > How do you guys normally format dates in templates?
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