Make a custom template layout get/set from a date field

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Hi,

I'm trying to get a custom template layout to set to a date field in the database.

In the custom template the field is linked to a dropdown with a set of pre-specified date values, which matches up against the date format in the db.

   <widget name="data editor" type="template">
			<labels>
				<label mode="any">Data Editor</label>
			</labels>
			<translated>false</translated>
			<fields>
                                     ...
				<field>ad:initialPrintPublicationDate/text</field>
			</fields>
			<properties mode="any">
				<property name="template">/widgets/vehicle_data_editor_widget_private.xhtml</property>
			</properties>
      </widget>

Is it possible to designate this field as a date field, while all the other fields that are being passed in a text fields?

I've found that you can you append / is it possible to structure this so that it will convert the value to and from a string?

ad:initialPrintPublicationDate/text

We are using nuxeo 5.3 btw...not sure if this complicates matters.

[Anahide_Tchertc · Accepted solution]

Hi, The field mapping "ad:initialPrintPublicationDate/text" is not correct: this will not set the value property on your field. The best option here relies in what's the widget template "vehicle_data_editor_widget_private.xhtml" is doing. In your case you should use a JSF converter to handle the conversion between the text field selected by the user, and the date you'd like to set on the property (either creating a Date or Calendar instance should work).