spring mvc date format with form:input

Question

I have hibernate entity and a bean:

@Entity
public class GeneralObservation {
    @DateTimeFormat(pattern = "dd/MM/yyyy")
    Date date;

    @Column
    public Date getDate() {
        return date;
    }

    public void setDate(Date date) {
        this.date = date;
    }
}

also I have

@InitBinder
protected void initBinder(WebDataBinder binder) {
    SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
    binder.registerCustomEditor(Date.class, new CustomDateEditor(
            dateFormat, false));
}

and

        form:input
                id = "datepicker"
                name="date"
                itemLabel="date"
                path="newObservation.date"

When I go to my url I see:

my form

How can I force it to have mm/DD/yyyy format? Thanx

`@DateTimeFormat(pattern = "dd/MM/yyyy")` and `new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy")` both use `dd/MM/yyyy`. Have you tried to change them to `mm/DD/yyyy`? — Marc-Andre, Aug 10 '13 at 15:34
please refer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3457134/how-to-display-a-formatted-datetime-in-spring-mvc-3-0 — Algorithmist, Aug 10 '13 at 15:38
No, this wouldn't help, because form:input doesn't allow to put default value explicitly. — Stepan Yakovenko, Aug 10 '13 at 16:42
did you use [mvc:annotation-driven](http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/3.0.x/reference/mvc.html#mvc-annotation-driven)? — sodik, Aug 19 '13 at 13:12

score 23 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 11 '13 at 15:13

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You can use fmt:formatDate jstl tag:

<fmt:formatDate value="${yourObject.date}" var="dateString" pattern="dd/MM/yyyy" />
<form:input path="date" value="${dateString} .. />

answered Aug 11 '13 at 15:13

yname

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Yes, sorry for misrepresentation. In my application I have same situation, but date format is correct (like I specify in DateTimeFormat annotation before field). And not only presentation of field is correct: I have no @InitBinder method and all works correct. Maybe I have newer version of spring library (3.1.1.RELEASE)? – yname Aug 11 '13 at 18:16

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 08 '13 at 16:46

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The solution is to put
<mvc:annotation-driven/> to mvc-dispatcher-servlet.xml and also xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc" to the begining of xml file.

answered Sep 08 '13 at 16:46

Stepan Yakovenko

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what if I don't use xml for dispatcher ? – Suresh Aug 16 '18 at 07:05

score 5 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 19 '14 at 20:16

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in my code I use the binder in this way:

@InitBinder
public void initBinder(WebDataBinder binder) {
    SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
    dateFormat.setLenient(false);
    binder.registerCustomEditor(Date.class, new CustomDateEditor(dateFormat, true));
}

edited Nov 19 '14 at 20:16

Gray

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answered Aug 20 '13 at 08:12

Oibaf it

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Try: $(document).ready(function(){ $(function() { $("#datepicker").datepicker({ changeMonth : true, changeYear : true, dateFormat : 'dd/MM/yyyy' }); }); – Oibaf it Aug 22 '13 at 11:42
I don't need datepicker. Date format is not what I've expected. – Stepan Yakovenko Aug 26 '13 at 17:07

score -2 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 24 '14 at 23:00

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In HTML5 there is input type="date", same thing in Spring (Chrome , Opera, and I this Safary too, but not yet in Firefox

<form:input type="date" ... >

answered Jan 24 '14 at 23:00

Hassen Ch.

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why is this in -ve ? – Sayan Dasgupta Nov 26 '21 at 07:31

spring mvc date format with form:input

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