----- Original Message ---- > From: Tommy Pham <tommy...@yahoo.com> > To: Struts Users Mailing List <user@struts.apache.org> > Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 9:06:47 AM > Subject: Re: Localization and Dates > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Robin Mannering > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 2:18:58 AM > > Subject: Localization and Dates > > > > Hello, > > > > Can anyone give me some 'best practice' advice for dealing with dates in > > an international app (Struts2). > > > > We are based in the UK and have an application running locally that > > stores dates within action classes as java.util.Date. > > > > These dates are sometimes passed to the application via querystring in > > the format: > > > > somePage.action?startDate=20/12/2009 > > > > The action class picks up this date and stores it correctly as the 20th > > day of December when running locally. > > > > However, on installation to our US based server (Struts 2 / Glassfish) > > where of course date formats are mm/dd/yyyy, the action class makes the > > assumption that we are trying to refer to the 20th month of the year and > > so returns control to the input page with an accompanying error message. > > > > I know this is to do with localization, but I am at a loss as to the > > best practice for defining locales so that struts knows how to deal with > > this kind of scenario. > > > > The problem is passing those localized value back to the server action > > classes. > > > > Any advice would be gratefully received. > > Thanks > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org > > Locale + DateFormat / SimpleDateFormat / DateFormatSymbols ?
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