Re: [TCLUG-DEVEL:197] Date

[Perry Hoekstra <dutchman@uswest.net>]

Erick Stohr wrote:
> 
> How would I take in a date from a servlets req parameter? They come in
> as strings right, is there a way to cast/convert it to a date? I am
> using Oreillys ParameterParser and am checking out the web site as I
> send this. Thanks.
> 
> erick
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Need to use DateFormat.

java.text.DateFormat t_dateFormat =
java.text.DateFormat.getDateInstance(java.text.DateFormat.SHORT);
java.util.Date t_date =
t_dateFormat.parse(aRequest.getParameter("myDate");

myDate is a String within the request header that looks like this:
12/31/2000

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