DateItem's value changing format after saveData

[adaher]

SmartClient Version: v8.3_2012-11-20/LGPL Development Only (built 2012-11-20)
Using FireFox 19.0.2

I have a simple DateItem inside a DynamicForm. After modifying the date using the ui and saving my form's data ( saveData() )
I seem to get a totally different format inside my executeUpdate's DSRequest data.

DateItem dateItem = new DateItem();
dateItem.setValueField("date");
dateItem.addChangedHandler(new ChangedHandler()
	{
		@Override
		public void onChanged(ChangedEvent event)
		{
			((DateItem) event.getSource()).getValue(); // Using this getValue I get this format : Thu May 12 12:00:00 EDT 2011
			saveData(); // Saving my DynamicForm's data
		}
	});

saveData will call the executeUpdate method in my DataSource.
If I inspect my "date" attribute in the executeUpdate's DSRequest data I have the following format : Thu May 12 2011 04:00:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Where does this format come from and is there a way to manage this ? I seem to have no control over this formatting, it all happens after a simple saveData.

[adaher]

Anyone has an idea ?

[sunnyl]

getValue is probably returning a Date.toString version of the date which would be formatted in some default way to display to you.

Can't you use DateItem's getValueAsDate if you want the original date object?

[adaher]

Hi sunnyl,

the value that I get before the saveData really doesn't matter to me, what I'm interested in is the value format inside my DSRequest after the saveData.

Thx for taking the time to reply!

[bwilkins30]

Can you post a minimally working example that shows saveData()?