Need help - Date format in es Tag / LoadedData

Question

hi,
I have one Date attribute called 'EXPIRATION_DATE' in DOCUMENT table.
I mapped this column entry in 'application-config.xml' as jdbc.column.EXPIRATION_DATE=ExpirationDate;
And when I am trying to get this value in JSP,within '<es:forEachInArray>' tag
scope, using the syntax below
<%
String strDate = (String)doc.getProperty("LodedDate","ExpirationDate");
%>
I am getting different formatted results in different environments
Like , when I executed this in windows ,
I got the resulted string as "Mon Jul 07 00:00:00 EDT 2003" , which can be converted
to 'Date' type
using <% Date exp_date = new Date(strDate); %> which solves my problem.
But , when I executed same code to UNIX ,
I got the resulted string as "2009-02-01 00:00:00.0" , which is not convertible
to 'Date' format.
I got the following exception , when I try to convert this resulted String to
date format like.
<% Date exp_date = new Date(strDate); %>
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
at java.util.Date.parse(Date.java:585)
at java.util.Date.<init>(Date.java:267)
Finally , I need to convert the resulted string to "MMM dd, yyyy" (Feb 22, 2000)format.
If not above method , what is the best way to get the resulted value in this "MMM
dd, yyyy" format.
/***** My Sample code ********/
<es:forEachInArray array="<%=BankerMsgs%>" id="doc" type="Content" >
<%String strDate = "";
     strDate = (String)doc.getProperty("LodedDate","ExpirationDate");     //strDate =
"Mon Jul 07 00:00:00 EDT 2003"; // Windows
     //strDate = "2003-07-07 00:00:00.0"; // UNIX
     out.println("Original Date is :" + strDate); // In windows env I got this formatted
result 'Mon Jul 07 00:00:00 EDT 2003' and In UNIX I got the string as '2003-07-07
00:00:00.0'
     SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat ("MMM dd, yyyy");
     Date strDate12 = new Date(strDate);
     String strExpDate = "";
     try
          strExpDate = formatter.format(strDate12);
          out.println("Formatted Date is :" + strExpDate); // in windows I got correct
result as 'Jul 07, 2003' and in UNIX java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
     catch(Exception e) {}
%>     
</es:forEachInArray>
Any help will be much appreciated.
thanks
-Amar Purumandla

Answer 1

hi,
I have one Date attribute called 'EXPIRATION_DATE' in DOCUMENT table.
I mapped this column entry in 'application-config.xml' as jdbc.column.EXPIRATION_DATE=ExpirationDate;
And when I am trying to get this value in JSP,within '<es:forEachInArray>' tag
scope, using the syntax below
<%
String strDate = (String)doc.getProperty("LodedDate","ExpirationDate");
%>
I am getting different formatted results in different environments
Like , when I executed this in windows ,
I got the resulted string as "Mon Jul 07 00:00:00 EDT 2003" , which can be converted
to 'Date' type
using <% Date exp_date = new Date(strDate); %> which solves my problem.
But , when I executed same code to UNIX ,
I got the resulted string as "2009-02-01 00:00:00.0" , which is not convertible
to 'Date' format.
I got the following exception , when I try to convert this resulted String to
date format like.
<% Date exp_date = new Date(strDate); %>
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
at java.util.Date.parse(Date.java:585)
at java.util.Date.<init>(Date.java:267)
Finally , I need to convert the resulted string to "MMM dd, yyyy" (Feb 22, 2000)format.
If not above method , what is the best way to get the resulted value in this "MMM
dd, yyyy" format.
/***** My Sample code ********/
<es:forEachInArray array="<%=BankerMsgs%>" id="doc" type="Content" >
<%String strDate = "";
     strDate = (String)doc.getProperty("LodedDate","ExpirationDate");     //strDate =
"Mon Jul 07 00:00:00 EDT 2003"; // Windows
     //strDate = "2003-07-07 00:00:00.0"; // UNIX
     out.println("Original Date is :" + strDate); // In windows env I got this formatted
result 'Mon Jul 07 00:00:00 EDT 2003' and In UNIX I got the string as '2003-07-07
00:00:00.0'
     SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat ("MMM dd, yyyy");
     Date strDate12 = new Date(strDate);
     String strExpDate = "";
     try
          strExpDate = formatter.format(strDate12);
          out.println("Formatted Date is :" + strExpDate); // in windows I got correct
result as 'Jul 07, 2003' and in UNIX java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
     catch(Exception e) {}
%>     
</es:forEachInArray>
Any help will be much appreciated.
thanks
-Amar Purumandla