JSP <input is '1/31/2003' how do I get it into a date field?

[ablazso]

In my JSP code I have the following:

<input type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;fromDT&quot; value=&quot;<% strfDT %>&quot; ...

I need to convert this strfDT input, which is in mm/dd/yyyy format, to a valid date object. I tried to do the following but is does not work. I guess, because 'request.Paramterer'
does not process the special characters (/).

String strFromDT = request.Parameter(&quot;fromDT&quot;
Date dtFromDT = new Date(strFromDT);

Can anyone tell me how best to handel this kind of requests?

Thanks in advance, Alex

 

[idarke]

Try this:


java.text.SimpleDateFormat sdf = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat(&quot;MM/dd/yyyy&quot;
Date dtFromDT = sdf.parse( strFromDT );

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