Formatting date in Thymeleaf

Question

I'm brand new to Java/Spring/Thymeleaf so please bear with my current level of understanding. I did review this similar question, but wasn't able to solve my problem.

I'm trying to get a simplified date instead of the long date format.

// DateTimeFormat annotation on the method that's calling the DB to get date. @DateTimeFormat(pattern="dd-MMM-YYYY") public Date getReleaseDate() {     return releaseDate; } 

​ html:

<table>     <tr th:each="sprint : ${sprints}">         <td th:text="${sprint.name}"></td>         <td th:text="${sprint.releaseDate}"></td>     </tr> </table> 

Current output

sprint1 2016-10-04 14:10:42.183 

Answer 1

Bean validation doesn't matter, you should use Thymeleaf formatting:

<td th:text="${#dates.format(sprint.releaseDate, 'dd-MMM-yyyy')}"></td> 

Also make sure your releaseDate property is java.util.Date.

Output will be like: 04-Oct-2016

Answer 2

If you want to use converters in th:text attributes, you have to use double-bracket syntax.

<td th:text="${{sprint.releaseDate}}"></td> 

(They are automatically applied to th:field attributes)

http://www.thymeleaf.org/doc/tutorials/2.1/thymeleafspring.html#double-bracket-syntax