I was playing devil's advocate -- since we don't really know the OP's
requirement(s), but we do know the OP seemed to really want the client's
time.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pid [mailto:p@pidster.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 6:38 PM
> To: Tomcat Users List
> Subject: Re: Getting the date/time from the client
>
> A good devil's advocate question, or was it rhetorical?
>
> Either way it's got exactly the answer you'd expect, you'll set the date
> to whatever Locale the Request returns. Obviously.
>
>
>
>
>
> Tim Lucia wrote:
> > Is that really appropriate?? What if I have my Locale set to France,
> and my
> > clock set to Pacific Standard Time? Then what? (assume I am on the
> east
> > coast of the USA...)
> >
> > Tim
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Vinu Varghese [mailto:vinu@x-minds.org]
> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 8:05 AM
> >> To: Tomcat Users List
> >> Subject: Re: Getting the date/time from the client
> >>
> >> Thanks Pid,
> >>
> >> I think that is a good idea
> >> Let me try
> >>
> >> - Regards
> >> Vinu
> >>
> >> Pid wrote:
> >>> you can get a Locale from the request, and adjust the time
> accordingly.
> >>>
> >>> Vinu Varghese wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> but that still sets the server date - yes ?
> >>>>
> >>>> Pid wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> write a filter that activates for that url, and get the time just
> >> before
> >>>>> you doFilter. if you need to, you can pass the date obj as an
> >> attribute
> >>>>> Date date = new Date();
> >>>>> hreq.setAttribute("thisIsTheDate", date);
> >>>>> chain.doFilter(hreq, hres);
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Jon Wingfield wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> The HTTP spec (rfc2616) says clients should only send the Date
> header
> >>>>>> with http messages with body content (POST, PUT) and even then it's
> >>>>>> optional.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Try adding a date string as a parameter on your GET request which
> >> your
> >>>>>> servlet can then parse from request.getParameter(...).
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> One way to do this would be to change your link to a form with a
> >> hidden
> >>>>>> input field for your date value. Add an onclick/onsubmit javascript
> >>>>>> handler to your form button which sets the value of the hidden
> field
> >> to
> >>>>>> the current date in a format that your servlet will understand.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> for example:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> function setDate(form) {
> >>>>>> form.dateField.value = new Date().toString();
> >>>>>> }
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Example assumes a hidden form input field with name dateField.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> HTH,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Jon
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Vinu Varghese wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> SK,
> >>>>>>> That javascript prints the current client time. But I want the
> >> client
> >>>>>>> time with the request.
> >>>>>>> The scenario is :
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I have a index.jsp
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> <%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-
> 1"
> >>>>>>> pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Insert title here
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Client time : Click
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> and a servlet that can take the client time (Hoping to :-) )
> which
> >> is
> >>>>>>> mapped to 'clienttime.htm'
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
> >>>>>>> HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException
> {
> >>>>>>> response.setContentType("text/plain");
> >>>>>>> long time = request.getDateHeader("Date"); // Hoping
> to
> >>>>>>> get the client date.
> >>>>>>> PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
> >>>>>>> out.println("Server time " + new Date());
> >>>>>>> out.println("Client time (long) " + time);
> >>>>>>> out.println("Client time " + new Date(time));
> >>>>>>> }
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Is there any way to do this (get the client time from the request)
> ?
> >>>>>>> Or Am I trying to do a dumb thing ? ;)
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Thanks & Regards
> >>>>>>> Vinu
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Shinya Koizumi wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Vinu
> >>>>>>>> Yeah, you are right about it, I can't get getDateHeader working.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> For the solution one, I have setup like this for jsp and worked.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> <%@ page session="false" %>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> <%= application.getServerInfo() %>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Current Time:
> >>>>>>>> <%
> >>>>>>>> out.println("");
> >>>>>>>> out.println("");
> >>>>>>>> %>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>