Date Format Issue with Interactive Form

Question

Hi, here is the scenario:
-We just upgraded to SP17 from SP15
-I'm using Livecycle Designer 8.0
When we were on SP15, this was not an issue.  I was wondering if anyone encountered this problem and if so, if there is a workaround?
I create an interactive form to start a guided procedure process.  Im passing the data from my desktop Interactive form to another callable object in GP to send an email with the PDF attached.  This all works correclty. 
My date/time fields are set to type DATE with a display pattern of YYYY-MM-DD.  When I create the form in the GP administrator to my desktop and open the PDF, the date format is correct. However, when I submit the form to start the process, the incomming date fields to be mapped to my second Callable Object have change in format from "2009-02-18" to  "Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 EST 2009".
This is true in the new form I receive via email, and also in NWA->monitoring->guided procedures when I check the instances.  The input mapping is already set to the false formatting.
When I open the form from the second callable object with the incorrect date format (in designer), the date's display patterns are set to YYYY-MM-DD but are not being displayed as such.
New discovery....I tried to create a Business Logic callable object and format the date.  I created a string input and date output and mapped them accordingly.  When I perform a "TEST" from the design time and use the input "Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 EST 2009", the string is automatically converted to 18/02/2009 in the output, which is what I want to occur.  The only problem is when I run the actual process, the same "Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 EST 2009" is being output instead of the 18/02/2009 in the TEST.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks.
Edited by: Warren Clements on Feb 26, 2009 2:20 AM

Answer 1

This test program might help...
import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
public class ExpandYear
    public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException
     SimpleDateFormat sdf_2dyear = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yy");
     SimpleDateFormat sdf_4dyear = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
     String test1 = "3/21/00";
     System.out.println("test1: " + test1 + " to : " +
                  sdf_4dyear.format(sdf_2dyear.parse(test1)));
     String test2 = "4/9/99";
     System.out.println("test2: " + test2 + " to : " +
                  sdf_4dyear.format(sdf_2dyear.parse(test2)));