Bean:write + formatting dates

[Sarah Shay]

Hi

I am trying to format a date. I need a lowercase pm/am at the ned of it depending on whats returned to me. I am currently using the following. My issues is that the 'a' returns the PM/AM in uppercase and not lowercase. Any ideas on how I can get it to be displayed in lowercase?

<bean:write name='ftne' property='asofDate' format='MM/dd/yyyy hh:mma' />

Thanks,
Sarah

[Jason Menard]

The bean:write tag uses java.text.SimpleDateFormat to format Dates when using the format property of the tag. SimpleDateFormat only returns AM or PM in upper case.

One suggestion would be to give your "ftne" bean a getFormattedAsOfDate() method which would return the date in the format you prefer if SimpleDateFormat is insufficient as is. Then just have the <bean:write> tag reference the formattedAsOfDate property.