How to make the format of a DateField to dd/mm/yyyy?

Question

There is a DateField in my Form and I want the field value to be displayed in the format dd/mm/yyyy after dismissing ( choosing ) a date from the date-popup. How to achieve that ?

You already asked [same type of question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6773274/how-to-create-a-field-of-format-dd-yyyy). right? then why you asking again? — bharath, Jul 21 '11 at 10:23
@Bharath : the first question did not relate to a DateField. But this one relates to DateField ! — , Jul 21 '11 at 10:38

bharath · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-22T05:54:03.457

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AFAIK you can't change the format of date in DateField component in java-me.

edited Jul 22 '11 at 05:54

answered Jul 21 '11 at 11:43

bharath

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 28 '11 at 16:59

as already noted MIDP 2 does not provide API for that.

To simulate behavior like you describe, one has to manually convert the DateField's date to string like that and, say, put it into item label (by itemStateChanged event).

Or, if there's no need to let user choose date after done once, one can even replace date field with StringItem containing that dd/mm/yyyy.

How to make the format of a DateField to dd/mm/yyyy?

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