Hi all, I'm using the fmt:formatDate tag and I discovered a strange behaviour:
When a JSP is requested without specifying the "Accept-Language" HTTP header and no locale has been explicitly set in the JSP, the date is not formatted and the result of Date.toString() is returned instead. I checked the JSTL spec, this is what it says to do when the algorithm cannot find a Locale: "If no match is found after the above two steps, it is up to the formatting action to take a corrective action." I don't know what "corrective action" means in this context, but I think that using the default JVM locale would be much better than toString(). here's a sample JSP, you can test it with curl or wget: <%@ taglib prefix="fmt" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt"; %> <jsp:useBean id="now" class="java.util.Date" /> <fmt:formatDate value="${now}" pattern="yyyy"/> regards, flavio tordini --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
