Date Format with <p:calendar />

There are 2 ways to define date format for <p:calendar />
1. locale
2. pattern

Option 1: locale

Simply pass in the desired locale.

<p:calendar
    value="#{bean.dateValue}"
    locale="en_US" />

available locales could be found at LocalePlanet.

Option 2: pattern

passed in desired date pattern

<p:calendar
    value="#{bean.dateValue}"
    pattern="dd/MM/yyyy" />

some sample java date patterns

Pattern	Output
dd/MM/yyyy	20/12/2013
dd/MM/yy	20/12/13
d/M/yyyy	20/12/2013
d/M/yy	20/12/13
dd/MMM/yyyy	20/Dec/2013
dd-MM-yyyy	20-12-2013
MMM d, yyyy	Dec 20, 2013
yyyy/MM/dd	2013/12/20
EEE, dd MMM yyyy	Fri, 20 Dec 2013
EEE, dd/MMM/yyyy	Fri, 20/Dec/2013

more java date pattern could be tested at Online SimpleDateFormat Test.


Done!!