I accept your answer, but Struts2 should just handle this! :-( I guess I'll write a number of helper methods like you did.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Lindholm [mailto:greg.lindh...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:14 AM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: textfield with Date object > > (Seems like I just answered this question... but here it is again this > time for Dates) > > In my experience it's better to define number (and time) input fields > as String and perform the conversion and validation in your action > using java.text.NumberFormat (and java.text.DateFormat). This puts > you in control of the > process and let's you handle I18N issues that way you want to without > fighting Struts. > > I typically have a couple of helper methods I put into the base Action > class that simplify getting the users Locale and DateFormat. > Depending on the app the users Locale may come from a Login object or > the browser request (which Struts can retrieve) or from a cookie. > > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Wick, Dan <daniel.w...@donaldson.com> > wrote: > > Does anyone know how to change the format of dates coming in on a > text input being backed by a java.util.Date in the Action? If I enter > dates in US format (ex: 3/31/2010 for March 31, 2010) everything is > fine. This requires a different style input though, using > Day/Month/Year (31/3/2010). I suppose I could take in a string & parse > it for a date myself, but I'm wondering if there's a Right way to do > it. > > > > --Dan > > > > <-- Snip of jsp page --> > > Date Of Birth* > > <s:textfield name="dob" required="true" tabindex="4" size="30" > cssClass="staticBody" cssErrorClass="formError"/> > > <-- End snip of jsp page --> > > > > > > <-- Snip of Action --> > > > > private Date dob; > > public Date getDob() { > > return dob; > > } > > �...@requiredstringvalidator(message="Date of Birth is required.", > trim=true) > > public void setDob(Date dob) { > > this.dob = dob; > > } > > <-- End snip of Action --> > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org
