hmmm... make the following files...
package de.km.bw.estat.struts.utils; import java.sql.Date; public class DateWrapper extends java.sql.Date { static java.text.DateFormat df = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy"); public static void setFormatStr(String formatStr) { df = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat(formatStr); } public DateWrapper(long date) { super(date); } public String toString() { return df.format(this); } } **************************************** /** coverts java.util.Date to String using BeanUtils ***/ package de.km.bw.estat.struts.utils; import org.apache.commons.beanutils.Converter; import java.text.*; import java.util.*; public class DateBeanUtilsConverter implements Converter { private String formatPattern = null; public void setFormatPattern(String formatPattern) { this.formatPattern = formatPattern; } public Object convert(Class type, Object value) { DateWrapper date = null; if (value != null && (value instanceof String) && (type == DateWrapper.class)) { try { String s = value.toString(); SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(formatPattern); date = new DateWrapper(formatter.parse(s).getTime()); } catch (Exception e) { //ErrorLogging.println("DateBeanUtilsConverter: " + e); } } return date; } } **************************************** package de.km.bw.estat.struts.utils; import java.text.*; import java.util.*; import org.apache.commons.beanutils.Converter; import org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters.*; public class StringBeanUtilsConverterDate implements Converter { //~ Statische Variblen und Initialisierer ----------------------------------- private static final StringConverter stringConverter = new StringConverter(); //~ Instanz-Variablen ------------------------------------------------------- private String formatPattern = null; //~ Methoden ---------------------------------------------------------------- /** * TODO_documentieren * * @param formatPattern TODO_documentieren */ public void setFormatPattern(String formatPattern) { this.formatPattern = formatPattern; } /** * TODO_documentieren * * @param type TODO_documentieren * @param value TODO_documentieren * * @return TODO_documentieren */ public Object convert(Class type, Object value) { Object returnValue = null; if (value != null) { if ((type == String.class) && (value instanceof DateWrapper)) { SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(formatPattern); String dateString = formatter.format(value); returnValue = dateString; } else { returnValue = stringConverter.convert(type, value); } } return returnValue; } } ********************* add the following static block to your BaseAction: // for static block import org.apache.commons.beanutils.ConvertUtils; import org.apache.log4j.Logger; import org.apache.struts.action.*; import org.apache.struts.actions.*; import org.apache.struts.util.MessageResources; static { DateBeanUtilsConverter dateConverter = new DateBeanUtilsConverter(); dateConverter.setFormatPattern("dd.MM.yyyy"); StringBeanUtilsConverterDate myStringConverter = new StringBeanUtilsConverterDate(); myStringConverter.setFormatPattern("dd.MM.yyyy"); ConvertUtils.register(dateConverter, DateWrapper.class); ConvertUtils.register(myStringConverter, String.class); } ****************** thats it. now you'll use DateWrapper Class in Formbeans and anything is fine. greetings, Andreas -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Slava_L [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet: 25.11.2002 06:12 An: Struts Users Mailing List Betreff: java.sql.Date again!! Well, are there any changes about java.sql.Date-in-Struts problem? What is the best appropriate way to solve the representation poblem (i.e. when Date converts in non-localezed string like YYYY-MM-DD) ? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>