Thank you Chuck, As you suggested, I modified the setDate method to set the time to the 12:00 noon and set the server Time Zone to Mexico/General and now the dates are displayed correctly.
Thank you very much Chuck, Daniel. On 14/05/2011, at 00:37, Chuck Hill wrote: > Hi Daniel, > > If you just want the date, and not the time, then JodaTime is probably better > for you to use. Search the list archives for details. > > The problem with Java timestamps is that they are very accurate and include > things like Daylight Saving time and historical changes in time. This is > good for some purposes, but not when all you care about is the date. You can > work around this with Java timestamps by setting the time to 12:00 noon when > you create the date. This will work as long as your app is not used across > more than 11 hours of time zones. You can set the time with a formatter or > in the setDate... methods of your EO. > > > Chuck > > > On 2011-05-13, at 4:48 PM, Daniel Mejia wrote: > >> Hi there, >> >> I need help with a problem with the Date type. >> >> The problem happens when I type de date 1920-dec-31in a field defined as >> date in a edit page of Modern D2W application. After saving the page the >> date is displayed as 1920-dec-30. The same happens for all the years before >> 1921, but for years after 1921 I get the correct date after saving the page. >> >> In the database, the column is defined as DATE in MySQL. >> In the modeller it is defined using the prototype "date", DataType:Date, >> External Type: DATE, Class: com.webobjects.foundation.NSTimeststamp. >> >> What I'm doing wrong with the use of date type?. I only need to store dates >> up to 1880. >> >> I'm using : >> WO 5.4 >> Modern Direct to web, >> MySQL and Project Wonder. >> >> Regards, >> >> Daniel. > > -- > Chuck Hill Senior Consultant / VP Development > > Practical WebObjects - for developers who want to increase their overall > knowledge of WebObjects or who are trying to solve specific problems. > http://www.global-village.net/products/practical_webobjects > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
