[TAPESTRY-367] DatePicker ignores format parameter

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.0
• Fix Version/s: 4.0
• Component/s: Framework
• Environment: Tapestry 4.0-beta-2-snapshot and 4.0-beta-1
• Assignee: Paul Ferraro
• Reporter: Paul Green
• Created: 01/Jul/05 18:57
• Updated: 02/Jul/05 05:43
• Resolved: 02/Jul/05 05:43

Description

The DatePicker does not use the format parameter to format the date as specified.

code patch (starting at line 118):

DateTranslator translator = (DateTranslator) getTranslator();
Locale locale = getPage().getLocale();
SimpleDateFormat format = translator.getDateFormat(locale);

with:

DateTranslator translator = (DateTranslator) getTranslator();
if (!(getFormat() == null || getFormat().equals("")))

{ translator.setPattern(getFormat()); }
Locale locale = getPage().getLocale();
SimpleDateFormat format = translator.getDateFormat(locale);

i.e. add :

if (!(getFormat() == null || getFormat().equals(""))) { translator.setPattern(getFormat()); }

I am not sure whether this is the correct approach but it works, and I am not sure of the affect this will have on the new validation system where a translator is specified.

The problem I was having was that I was specifying a format="'dd/MM/yyyy'" but it was always coming out as MM/dd/yyyy even though the browser and locale when tested in java code was reading en-gb, this should be overridden by format anyway.