Date Format

[Milind Deodhar]

I have a frame which has a textbox , the values of which should be date and should update a date in a MS Access Database.
The date in the Access database is of Date/Time type with Short Date format.
How should I convert the string to date format which can be inserted in the database.

[Meghna ks]

If you're working with swings, try using JMaskedTextField instead of a JTextField. This should make things easier for you. I guess this code should convert your String to date format.
com.symantec.itools.javax.swing.JMaskedTextField mask =
new com.symantec.itools.javax.swing.JMaskedTextField();
String maskchar = new String("0000/00/00\\ 00:00:00:00");
mask.setDatatype(com.symantec.itools.javax.swing.JMaskedTextField.datetype);
mask.setText(Your String);
mask.setMask(maskchar);
Good Luck
Meghna

[Mike Curwen]

That solution would only work if Milind was using Symantec/WebGain's Visual Cafe.

Or, if Milind was willing to use unlicensed class files.

[hil]

Another question regarding JMaskedTextField:
Does anyone know how to remove the underlined characters that are displayed in a JMaskedTextField? For instance, if I declare a JMaskedTextField with mask 000, i.e. three digit places, then at run-time when I focus on the JTextField "___" will appear. It's quite unsightly, seems like an odd default.
Thanks,
Hilda

[Chantal Ackermann]

hi Milind,
there are some classes that help you check the input. see the section "How to use TextFields" in the swing tutorial (java.sun.com/docs etc).
the classes java.sql.Date/Time/Timestamp have each the static method valueOf(String). you can use this as a suppletive validation and conversion.
chantal

[thanujj_ns]

Originally posted by Milind Deodhar:
I have a frame which has a textbox , the values of which should be date and should update a date in a MS Access Database.
The date in the Access database is of Date/Time type with Short Date format.
How should I convert the string to date format which can be inserted in the database.

u have something called Dateformat in calendar class .In that Parse method converts string to date. if u want to do vice versa, toString(calendar obj) is fine.
Thanujja