Calendar widget

[mghobros]

How do I convert a String to a Date? Could you please provide a code sample?

[Isomorphic]

This is standard Java functionality. Google for something like "SimpleDateFormat sample".

[smartgwt.dev]

On the client side use the GWT class DateTimeFormat

[marymj2000]

//---------------------define an enum for date patterns

public enum E1DateTimePattern {

	/**
	 * pattern to format the date in dd/MM/yyyy
	 */
	PATTERN_1("dd/MM/yyyy"),
	/**
	 * pattern to format the date in dd-MM-yyyy
	 */
	PATTERN_2("dd-MM-yyyy");
	

	/**
	 * date format pattern
	 */
	private String pattern = "";

	/**
	 * Constructor
	 * 
	 * @param String
	 *            pattern for the formatter
	 */
	E1DateTimePattern(String format) {
		this.pattern = format;
	}

	@Override
	public String toString() {
		return String.valueOf(pattern);
	}
}

//-----------parse the string to date format

private static Date parseDateTime(String str) throws ParseException {
		if (str == null) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Date must not be null");
		}
		E1DateTimePattern[] datePatterns = E1DateTimePattern.values();
		Date dt = null;
		for (int i = 0; i < datePatterns.length; i++) {
			DateTimeFormat dtf = DateTimeFormat.getFormat(datePatterns[i]
					.toString());
			try {
				dt = dtf.parse(str);
				break;
			} catch (Exception ex) {
				System.out.println("cannot parse in "
						+ datePatterns[i].toString() + "format");
			}

		}		
		return dt;
	}