Question

I am writing simple CRUD(Create, Remove ,Update ,Delete) application using Spring MVC and hibernate.

In Create i can add membership start date in MM/dd/yyyy format.

In Update i want the same data to be display(populate) in my jsp.
My problem is at the time of update my date input field is showing date in yyyy-MM-dd format.
I find out the solution for this
At the time of getting values(in my model’s getter method) ,i have written one small code as below:

public Date getDateOfIncorporation() {
        Date date=null;
        try {
            Date abc = this.dateOfIncorporation;
            if (abc != null) {
                DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
                String formattedDate = df.format(abc);
                date= df.parse(formattedDate);              
            }

        } catch (ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return date;
    }

but i am confused about my approach .
is this the right way or am i doing any mistake by writing this code in form(model) .???

since i want to maintain good coding standard , i need your suggestions on the same.
is this acceptable , if any senior reviews my code …??

Answer 1

actually it should be done in the view (i.e. your jsp) have a look at the JSTL format taglib:

<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/fmt" prefix="fmt"%>

and especially its pattern attribute (e.g. pattern="MM/dd/yyyy")

<fmt:formatDate value="${yourDate}" pattern="MM/dd/yyyy" />