Trinidad Core Tag Reference - Convert Date Time

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10. Trinidad Core Tag Reference

The tr:convertDateTime tag is used to convert a string to java.util.Date object and back to a string based on pattern or date and time styles.

Example

<tr:convertDateTime></tr:convertDateTime>

HTML Output

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Tag Attributes

dateStyle	Enumerated

The dateStyle attribute sets the formatting style for the date component. Valid values are "shortish", "short", "default", "medium", "long", and "full". The default is "shortish".

id	Text

The unique identifier value for this component. The value must be unique within the closest naming container.

locale	Enumerated

The locale attribute sets the language, country, and variant for formatting locale-sensitive data such as numbers and dates. If not specified, the Locale returned by FacesContext.getViewRoot().getLocale() will be used. Valid expressions must evaluate to a java.util.Locale.

messageDetailConvertBoth	Text

The messageDetailConvertBoth attribute sets the custom error message with the parameters {0} for a label to identify the component, {1} for the value from the user and {2} for the pattern, for date and time values that cannot be converted when the type attribute is set to both and the pattern attribute is not set or null.

messageDetailConvertDate	Text

The messageDetailConvertDate attribute sets the custom error message with the parameters {0} for a label to identify the component, {1} for the value from the user and {2} for the pattern, for date and time values that cannot be converted when the type attribute is set to date and the pattern attribute is not set or null.

messageDetailConvertTime	Text

The messageDetailConvertTime attribute sets the custom error message with the parameters {0} for a label to identify the component, {1} for the value from the user and {2} for the pattern, for date and time values that cannot be converted when the type attribute is set to time and the pattern attribute is not set or null.

pattern	Text

The pattern attribute sets the custom formatting pattern.

secondaryPattern	Text

The secondaryPattern attribute sets the second pattern to be used if the pattern set in the pattern attribute fails.

timeStyle	Enumerated

The timeStyle attribute sets the formatting style for the time component of the date. Valid values are "default", "short", "medium", "long", and "full". The default is "short".

timeZone	Enumerated

The timeZone attribute sets the time zone. If this attribute is not set, then the value is taken from trinidad-config.xml, and if the value is not found, then the value is set to GMT.

type	Enumerated

The type attribute sets the type of date component. Valid values are "date", "time", and "both". The default is "date".