"Date formatting not supported yet"??

Question

When I add imports to get around the problem described in my previous
email, I run into an exception that says "Date formatting not supported
yet". The exception is thrown in util/HtmlUtil.java. What's the
intention here? Why don't we just return the value unformatted? How
should I handle this so I can take advantage of the formatting if it is
supported someday? Are there any other formatting types which I need
to "handle" in order to run?

Answer 1

Dan--
When I add imports to get around the problem described in my previous
email, I run into an exception that says "Date formatting not supported
yet". The exception is thrown in util/HtmlUtil.java. What's the
intention here? Why don't we just return the value unformatted? How
should I handle this so I can take advantage of the formatting if it is
supported someday? Are there any other formatting types which I need
to "handle" in order to run?The exception lets you know that there is a specific issue you need to work
around during migration. The reason we don't just return the unformatted
value is that we didn't want to give the impression that date formatting
worked when it doesn't (yet).
If you just want the value to come through without an attempt at formatting,
the correct thing to do is to change your JSP tags to eliminate the date
formatting attributes. If this is a loss of data (the format masks), then
you should just comment them out rather than delete them.
The whole issue of date formatting is unfortunately complex. Suffice to say
that it is far easier for the developer to format the date as they wish in
their code then it is for us to try and provide generic date formatting.
The issue revolves around having all the necessary information in order to
do the formatting in a generic way.
Todd