Spring MVC set global DateTimeFormat

Question

I want my controllers to parse dates in RequestParams and PathVariables according to a standard format.

Is it possible to set an application-wide @DateTimeFormat without annotating every @RequestParam individually?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 05 '16 at 09:48

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You can do it at the controller level. Add @initBinder in your controller and it will format the date according to the given formatter.

@InitBinder
public void initBinder(WebDataBinder binder) {
    SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
    dateFormat.setLenient(false);

    // true passed to CustomDateEditor constructor means convert empty String to null
    binder.registerCustomEditor(Date.class, new CustomDateEditor(dateFormat, true));
}

answered May 05 '16 at 09:48

Deendayal Garg

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Not part of the original question but, is there a way to override this for individual request params? It seems that DateTimeFormat gets ignored when I use InitBinder. – Can May 05 '16 at 11:26
I do not see a way to do that. There might be a way but i am not aware of that. – Deendayal Garg May 05 '16 at 12:45

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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It might be possible by Spring AOP but how would you tell your code if you have different keys for date in request. but check following link for more derails:

Spring AOP Advice on Annotated Controllers

edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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answered May 05 '16 at 09:48

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Spring MVC set global DateTimeFormat

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