As a followup to my own posting: Sorry for not reading properly, of course your problem does not really relate to output formatting.
Guillaume is right here IMO, for a fixed Date format a custom TypeConverter should be the way to go, as long as the datepicker does not work for you. Regards, Rene Rene Gielen schrieb: > You might want to read here: > http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/formatting-dates-and-numbers.html > > Cheers, > Rene > > > akinss wrote: >> I'm trying to use a textfield tag for date input. I need to format this >> in >> the form dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss >> >> The teaxtfield tag formats the date to a Locale based format >> DateFormat.SHORT via XWorkBasicConverter. For my locale this turns out >> to >> be dd/MM/yy. This is not the format I want. >> >> <s:textfield cssClass="field" key="filter.dateTimeStart" >> name="filter.dateTimeStart"/> >> >> DateTimePicker wont allow you to apply a style class to the input field so >> it wont format. Bug has been reported in Struts JIRA (WW-1778) and a fix >> made. Need to wait for Struts 2.1 before this will work so I can't use >> this. >> >> Using the value parameter and a date tag won't work because this >> overwrites >> the value entered. If the user enters a value that can't be converted to >> a >> date it isn't re-displayed, the field is displayed empty. >> >> <s:textfield cssClass="field" key="filter.dateTimeStart" >> name="filter.dateTimeStart"> >> <s:param name="value"> >> <s:date name="filter.dateTimeStart" format="dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss" /> >> </s:param> >> </s:textfield> >> >> In the S2 guide for Type Conversion ( >> http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/type-conversion.html) it has a note >> saying >> not to use Type Conversion for dates. >> >> Does anyone know of a way to do this? >> >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]