ConvertDateTime problem

Question

Hello
I am using convertDateTime but having some problems..
<t:inputText id="endDate" value="#{editSurvey.endDate}" forceId="true">
     <f:convertDateTime pattern="dd/MM/yyyy" />
</t:inputText>Value for endDate in database is 30/11/2006.
Value for endDate in editSurvey bean is the same.
But on the page, convertDateTime prints it as 29/11/2006. Whatever the date is, convertDateTime prints the day before.
Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong?
I am using MyFaces Impl - version 1.1.4
Thanks for your help
Yusuf.

Answer 1

Hello,
Just 2 hints... something like this happened to me.
1) reading a date from database (resultSet) requires to get the value into
java.sql.Date, and not into java.util.Date. I don't remember the exact effect
of not using the right one.
2) From client's side, your browser probably understands that you do
not live in US. (I may guess that because, like me, you prefer
day/month/year format :-) ).
But if you don't configure manually your tomcat server with the correctLocale,
maybe he wants to translate your value into US time.
It's a nonsense but the same milliseconds quantity is displayed differently
if the timezone is different. (And then you will have a problem with your
birthdate passport at US frontier...)
To be short, and just for testing, maybe you could try to give the locale
name in your tag? Example:
     <t:inputText id="endDate" value="#{editSurvey.endDate}" forceId="true">
          <f:convertDateTime pattern="dd/MM/yyyy" locale="Locale.SPAIN" />
     </t:inputText>