DateTimeItem display format problem

[RAS]

Hi,
I'm using SmartGWT 2.2 with Mozilla FF 3.6.10. I'm using DateTimeItem in the form a TextField & I've set displayFormat = DateDisplayFormat.TOEUROPEANSHORTDATETIME.

1. My first problem is when I enter value in it, it's taking format: 15/09/2010 00:00. (15th Sep, 2010). In my DB it's getting stored in format: Wed Sep 15 00:00:00 IST 2010.
So when I get value from DB & use setValue(), it's displaying in the same format as the one of DB.
Can anyone tell me how can I make both formats (Input & Display) same?

2. My second problem is if in case I can't change the display format & keep it as it is: Wed Sep 15 00:00:00 IST 2010, when I execute dynamicForm.validate(), it's showing me ERROR: startDate : Must be a date.

NOTE: dynamicForm is the form in which DateTimeItem is added & startDate is my reference variable name.


Thanks in advance.

[Isomorphic]

What server integration approach are you using? Whatever it is, use Pro and you don't have to deal with issues of how dates are transmitted, it just works.

[RAS]

Thanks for your reply but for me it's not possible to use Pro.
I just came to know that for my problem I can do parsing or formatting. But that too I'm not aware of how to use it. I expect someone who can tell me how to parse or format a String to Date in a desired format.