Good idea - that worked - thanks! Matt
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jerome Jacobsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 10:00 AM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: RE: [OT] Display Tag Library - Sorting Dates > > > Couldn't you subclass Date and override toString? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Raible, Matt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 11:41 AM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: [OT] Display Tag Library - Sorting Dates > > > > > > Since there seems to be a lot of <display:*> users on this > list, I thought > > I'd ask this question here - hope you don't mind. > > > > I have a string in my form that is a date. In order to get the > > display tag > > library to sort this column (date) correctly, I have added > the following > > method in a Decorator: > > > > public Date getDate() { > > MyForm form = (MyForm) this.getObject(); > > Date d = null; > > try { > > d = > DateUtil.convertStringToDate(DateUtil.getUIDatePattern(), > > form.getDate); > > } catch (ParseException pe) { > > pe.printStackTrace(); > > log.error("Error converting String date to real > Date: " + pe); > > } > > return d; > > } > > > > The problem is that the display tag just calls toString() on the > > date, so I > > end up with the following in my column: > > > > Thu Feb 06 00:00:00 MST 2003 > > > > When I want, something like Feb 6, 2003. However, to do > this, I need to > > return a String, and then it doesn't sort correctly. I can hack > > the code in > > the display tag library to try to parse all columns, and if it > > succeeds then > > it assumes it is a date, and uses a format. But I'm hoping that > > someone has > > a more elegant solution. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Matt > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
