Formatted Text Field for getting Date

Question

I need a text field to get Date. does anyone know where I can find such a thing?
all it needs to do is allow the user to type a date in dd/MM/yy format.
10x.

Answer 1

in a jtable it has a problem - when I press tab to exit the field the date is not changed.
i set the on focus lost behaviour to commit, but still not working.
also, it allows me to enter 4823749823/02/02 - and it translates it to the right format - I'm interested in something more fixed - allows to enter only 2 digits for day, 2 digits for month,2 digits for year.
the relevent code I'm using is:
// a cellEditor that uses a formatted text field that holds a Date object
public class JFormattedDateCellEditor extends DefaultCellEditor {
public JFormattedDateCellEditor(final JFormattedTextField textField) {
super(textField);
textField.setFocusLostBehavior(JFormattedTextField.COMMIT);
textField.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.RIGHT);
textField.setFont(JUtility.theFont);
textField.setBorder(null);
textField.addFocusListener(new FocusAdapter() {
public void focusLost(FocusEvent e) {
if (textField.getValue() == null) {
textField.requestFocus();
delegate = new EditorDelegate() {
public void setValue(Object value) {
textField.setValue((java.util.Date)value);
public Object getCellEditorValue() {
return textField.getValue();
//to set the cell editor:
column = collectionsTable.getColumnModel().getColumn(CollectionFrame_collectionsModel.DATE_COLUMN);
column.setCellEditor(
new JFormattedDateCellEditor(
new JFormattedTextField(
new DateFormatter(
new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yy")))));