formating date in jsp

[Klament J. Kruoghst]

Hi there,
My form has a date property in certain format. I'm trying to display it and send it back with a different format. Displaying it is easy with fmt:formatDate. The problem is when I return back that field back to the servlet it has the original format. Here's the code

<html:hidden name="item" property="date" value="<fmt:formatDate value="${item.date}"  pattern="dd MMM yyyy"/>" indexed="true"/>

I'm expecting this to return the item.date in that format i'm giving it, but im getting the original format when I debug into what I get dd-mm-yyyy.

Any ideas how i can achieve this?

Thanks!

[Bear Bibeault]

So you are saying that the parameter is not being submitted as it is stored in the value attribute? I find that difficult to believe. Are you checking the HTTP request using a sniffing tool to see what's actually being submitted?

[Stefan Evans]

It looks like you are using struts/stripes which will automagically populate the component for you.

What is the type of ${item.date}?
For the purposes of the formatDate tag it needs to be a Date object. Not a String.