Anjana
Anjana

Reputation: 13

javafx - get Date object form javafx date picker

i want to get date Object form JavaFX DatePicker with ("yyyy/MM/dd") format. i tried many ways.but no luck.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2780

Answers (1)

jorrin
jorrin

Reputation: 512

Please check the documentation for DatePicker here: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/javafx/api/javafx/scene/control/DatePicker.html

You can use converter.

datePicker.setConverter(new StringConverter<LocalDate>() {
     String pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd";
     DateTimeFormatter dateFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(pattern);

     {
         datePicker.setPromptText(pattern.toLowerCase());
     }

     @Override public String toString(LocalDate date) {
         if (date != null) {
             return dateFormatter.format(date);
         } else {
             return "";
         }
     }

     @Override public LocalDate fromString(String string) {
         if (string != null && !string.isEmpty()) {
             return LocalDate.parse(string, dateFormatter);
         } else {
             return null;
         }
     }
 });

Upvotes: 1

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