Utilizing locale formats from jasperserver_config.properties in Jaspersoft Studio

[chris.rombach]

I'm trying to utilize the date.format, datetime.format, and time.format values from the jasperserver_config.properties file selected for a JasperServer session in my JasperStudio report.  How can I do that?  I know how to format with a hard-coded value using SimpleDateFormat ( new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy").format($P{start_date}) ), but what I really want is new SimpleDateFormat(<date.format value from jasperserver_config.properties used for the session calling the report>).format($P{start_date}).

Thanks!

Chris Rombach

[chris.rombach]

Support got me the answer on this one.  There are settings you have to enable in the jasperreports.properties file with your locales to determine the format used in jasperserver.

The ones I needed were:

net.sf.jasperreports.text.pattern.datetime

net.sf.jasperreports.text.pattern.date

net.sf.jasperreports.text.pattern.time

They can have extensions, if you're using multiple locales and utilize them