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Malin
Malin

Reputation: 697

Saving date with Java : This field is not a valid date

On an xpage I have an inputtext control:

<xp:inputText
                value="#{employeeBean.employee.dateOfEmployment}">
                <xp:this.defaultValue><![CDATA[#{javascript:var dt:NotesDateTime = session.createDateTime("Today");
dt.adjustMonth(-6);
return dt.getDateOnly();}]]></xp:this.defaultValue>

                <xp:this.converter>
                    <xp:convertDateTime type="date"></xp:convertDateTime>
                </xp:this.converter>
            </xp:inputText>

The value can be e.g.: 2016-10-06

When I want to save my object I get the following message for this field:

This field is not a valid date

Can anybody tell me what can be the cause of this and how I should correct my code?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 340

Answers (1)

Mark Leusink
Mark Leusink

Reputation: 3757

The getDateOnly() function returns the date part of the NotesDateTime as a string, but for an xp:inputText that needs to store a date you need to work with a java.util.Date. Try this format:

@Adjust( @Now(), 0, -6, 0, 0, 0,0);

You will probably notice that the format of the returned date is different in the input field, but that's format the input control/ server will interpret as a date. If you need a different format, you can always change the converter into something like this:

<xp:this.converter>
         <xp:convertDateTime pattern="dd-MM-yyyy"></xp:convertDateTime>
</xp:this.converter>

Upvotes: 1

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