DateTime Patterns

We have been using the following pattern for our datetimes for a while and after a recent update to Cuba 7.0 it seems to no longer work.

dateTimeFormat = MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm aa
timeFormat = hh:mm aa

Using the above settings we are seeing the following error:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Too many pattern letters: a
	at java.time.format.DateTimeFormatterBuilder.parseField(DateTimeFormatterBuilder.java:1774)
	at java.time.format.DateTimeFormatterBuilder.parsePattern(DateTimeFormatterBuilder.java:1613)
	at java.time.format.DateTimeFormatterBuilder.appendPattern(DateTimeFormatterBuilder.java:1581)
	at java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(DateTimeFormatter.java:536)
	at com.haulmont.cuba.web.widgets.CubaTimeField.getDateTimeFormatter(CubaTimeField.java:218)
	at com.haulmont.cuba.web.widgets.CubaTimeField.formatValue(CubaTimeField.java:213)
	at com.haulmont.cuba.web.widgets.CubaTimeField.doSetValue(CubaTimeField.java:98)
	at com.haulmont.cuba.web.widgets.CubaTimeField.doSetValue(CubaTimeField.java:38)
	at com.vaadin.ui.AbstractField.setValue(AbstractField.java:140)
	at com.haulmont.cuba.web.widgets.CubaTimeField.setValue(CubaTimeField.java:91)
	at com.haulmont.cuba.web.widgets.CubaTimeField.setValue(CubaTimeField.java:38)
	at com.vaadin.ui.AbstractField.setValue(AbstractField.java:53)
	at com.haulmont.cuba.web.gui.components.WebDateField.setValueToPresentation(WebDateField.java:374)
	at com.haulmont.cuba.web.gui.components.WebDateField.setValueToPresentation(WebDateField.java:55)
	at com.haulmont.cuba.web.gui.components.WebAbstractViewComponent.setValue(WebAbstractViewComponent.java:106)
	at com.haulmont.cuba.gui.components.data.value.ValueBinder$ValueBindingImpl.valueSourceStateChanged(ValueBinder.java:270)
	at com.haulmont.bali.events.EventHub.publish(EventHub.java:170)
	at com.haulmont.cuba.gui.components.data.value.ContainerValueSource.setState(ContainerValueSource.java:214)
	at com.haulmont.cuba.gui.components.data.value.ContainerValueSource.containerItemChanged(ContainerValueSource.java:221)
	at com.haulmont.bali.events.EventHub.publish(EventHub.java:170)
	at com.haulmont.cuba.gui.model.impl.InstanceContainerImpl.fireItemChanged(InstanceContainerImpl.java:163)
	at com.haulmont.cuba.gui.model.impl.InstanceContainerImpl.setItem(InstanceContainerImpl.java:94)
	at com.haulmont.cuba.gui.model.impl.InstanceLoaderImpl.load(InstanceLoaderImpl.java:113)
	at com.haulmont.cuba.gui.model.impl.ScreenDataImpl.loadAll(ScreenDataImpl.java:80)
	at com.haulmont.cuba.gui.model.impl.AnnotationBasedLoaderBeforeShow.loadData(AnnotationBasedLoaderBeforeShow.java:36)
	at com.haulmont.cuba.web.sys.WebScreens.loadDataBeforeShow(WebScreens.java:549)
	at com.haulmont.cuba.web.sys.WebScreens.show(WebScreens.java:437)
	at com.haulmont.cuba.gui.screen.Screen.show(Screen.java:309)
	at com.haulmont.cuba.gui.actions.list.EditAction.actionPerform(EditAction.java:144)
	at com.haulmont.cuba.web.gui.components.WebButton.buttonClicked(WebButton.java:64)
	at com.haulmont.cuba.web.widgets.CubaButton.fireClick(CubaButton.java:76)
	at com.vaadin.ui.Button$1.click(Button.java:57)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
	at com.vaadin.server.ServerRpcManager.applyInvocation(ServerRpcManager.java:153)
	at com.vaadin.server.ServerRpcManager.applyInvocation(ServerRpcManager.java:115)
	at com.vaadin.server.communication.ServerRpcHandler.handleInvocation(ServerRpcHandler.java:431)
	at com.vaadin.server.communication.ServerRpcHandler.handleInvocations(ServerRpcHandler.java:396)
	at com.vaadin.server.communication.ServerRpcHandler.handleRpc(ServerRpcHandler.java:260)
	at com.vaadin.server.communication.UidlRequestHandler.synchronizedHandleRequest(UidlRequestHandler.java:82)
	at com.vaadin.server.SynchronizedRequestHandler.handleRequest(SynchronizedRequestHandler.java:40)
	at com.vaadin.server.VaadinService.handleRequest(VaadinService.java:1577)
	at com.vaadin.server.VaadinServlet.service(VaadinServlet.java:425)
	at com.haulmont.cuba.web.sys.CubaApplicationServlet.serviceAppRequest(CubaApplicationServlet.java:329)
	at com.haulmont.cuba.web.sys.CubaApplicationServlet.service(CubaApplicationServlet.java:215)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:741)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:231)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.CompositeFilter$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(CompositeFilter.java:107)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.CompositeFilter.doFilter(CompositeFilter.java:73)
	at com.haulmont.cuba.web.sys.CubaHttpFilter.doFilter(CubaHttpFilter.java:93)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:200)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:96)
	at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:490)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:139)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:92)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:678)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:74)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:343)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:408)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:66)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:836)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1747)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)

We have also tried the following settings:

dateTimeFormat = MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm a
timeFormat = hh:mm a

But get the below error with these settings:

java.time.format.DateTimeParseException: Text '12:00 A' could not be parsed at index 6
	at java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter.parseResolved0(DateTimeFormatter.java:1949)
	at java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter.parse(DateTimeFormatter.java:1851)
	at java.time.LocalTime.parse(LocalTime.java:441)
	at com.haulmont.cuba.web.widgets.CubaTimeField.parseValue(CubaTimeField.java:202)
	at com.haulmont.cuba.web.widgets.CubaTimeField$AbstractTextFieldServerRpcImpl.setText(CubaTimeField.java:46)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
	at com.vaadin.server.ServerRpcManager.applyInvocation(ServerRpcManager.java:153)
	at com.vaadin.server.ServerRpcManager.applyInvocation(ServerRpcManager.java:115)
	at com.vaadin.server.communication.ServerRpcHandler.handleInvocation(ServerRpcHandler.java:431)
	at com.vaadin.server.communication.ServerRpcHandler.handleInvocations(ServerRpcHandler.java:396)
	at com.vaadin.server.communication.ServerRpcHandler.handleRpc(ServerRpcHandler.java:260)
	at com.vaadin.server.communication.UidlRequestHandler.synchronizedHandleRequest(UidlRequestHandler.java:82)
	at com.vaadin.server.SynchronizedRequestHandler.handleRequest(SynchronizedRequestHandler.java:40)
	at com.vaadin.server.VaadinService.handleRequest(VaadinService.java:1577)
	at com.vaadin.server.VaadinServlet.service(VaadinServlet.java:425)
	at com.haulmont.cuba.web.sys.CubaApplicationServlet.serviceAppRequest(CubaApplicationServlet.java:329)
	at com.haulmont.cuba.web.sys.CubaApplicationServlet.service(CubaApplicationServlet.java:215)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:741)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:231)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.CompositeFilter$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(CompositeFilter.java:107)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.CompositeFilter.doFilter(CompositeFilter.java:73)
	at com.haulmont.cuba.web.sys.CubaHttpFilter.doFilter(CubaHttpFilter.java:93)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:200)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:96)
	at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:490)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:139)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:92)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:678)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:74)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:343)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:408)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:66)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:836)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1747)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)

What is the correct pattern to get a format like: 07/23/1989 3:00 PM

Hi,

In case of hh:mm aa you get the correct exception as it’s incorrect time format, should be hh:mm a. Regarding 12 hours time format with AM/PM we have the GitHub issue.

Regards,
Gleb

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