Formatting date Problem

Question

Dear All
i am trying to do the following
public Date getHireDate() {  
return Formatter((Date) getAttributeInternal(xdate));
public Date Formatter (Date Mydate){
SimpleDateFormat Format1 = new SimpleDateFormat("MM-yyyy");
Date FinalDate = new Date (Format1.format(Mydate));
System.out.println(FinalDate);
return FinalDate;
but no effect happens, However it exist in getAttributeInternal (VO) when i open the the block and execute query, any way : how to make my format method effect on data coming from db and starting when data coming from db.
Please Advise

Answer 1

Hi,
When constructing a oracle.jbo.domain.Date from a String date value, the string date must be in complete ISO8601 date format. That is "YYYY-MM-DD". So, 1) change the SimpleDateFormat() format to "yyyy-MM" and 2) add "-01" (the first of the month)
Below is the Formatter() as it should be written:
public Date Formatter(Date Mydate) {
SimpleDateFormat Format1 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM");
String strDate = Format1.format(Mydate.getValue()) + "-01";
Date FinalDate = new Date(strDate);
System.out.println(FinalDate);
return FinalDate;
Cheers,
Nick