Creating date field

Question

hai every one,
i want  develop two date fileds.
i taken two input fields like date1 and date2 and given type as Date.
here the date input format is like mm/dd/yyyy,  but  i want to change to dd/mm/yyyy.
And i want to maintain condition like date2 >= date1.
if it is wrong i need to show error.

Answer 1

hi
To Get the Date in your required format use SimpleDateFormatter
public Date getDate(String dateString)
            // TODO : Implement
            java.util.Date d= null;          
            SimpleDateFormat FORMATTER = new SimpleDateFormat("dd.MM.yyyy");
            try
               d = FORMATTER.parse(dateString);               
            catch (ParseException e)
               wdComponentAPI.getMessageManager().reportException("Unable to do operation, error is:"+e,true);               
            return new Date(d.getTime());
You can use above method to format you date ...
Now if you want to compare the dates
methods like after ,before ,equals are available on the date.
But date1.equals(date2) will return true only when the time of
the two dates are equals(i.e it see hrs,min,sec,milliseconds..)etc
If this is the requirement of you You can use it.
But You just want to compare the Dates are equal,
Then you have to go for the Calender Object ....
If any queries or more help needed reply back
Regards
Madhavi