How to adjust the format of the getModifiedDate()

Hello,

I am working on a project to index our collab content into a Google Search Appliance (GSA). The GSA Web crawls the site using a dedicated user account. I need to add some meta-data elements on each page to provide the GSA with the last modified date amongst other things. In common_metadata_details.shtml I have added the following:

<ISPECT>String gsa_date=getModifiedDate()</ISPECT>

This has the effect of adding the last mod date as meta-data on every page. However, the date is in the format: '11/25/11 1:22 PM' and I just want the date portion of this (ideally in the format yyyy.mm.dd). Can anyone advise what ISPECT function might be available to manipulate date, or how my goal can be achieved? I started down the road of using a Javascript but as this is client side I'm not sure thata values set will be picked up during a web-crawl so my preferred option is for the date to be manipulated server side.

Thanks in advance for any advice you might be able to offer.

Niall O'Grady

QAD Ireland.

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Franck_Feix

HI,

You can use Java class SimpleDateFormat (has getModifiedDate() return java.util.Date).

Something like this should provide you what you want:

<ISPECT>SimpleDateFormat formatDate = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy MM dd")</ISPECT>
<ISPECT>String gsa_date = formatDate.format(getModifiedDate())</ISPECT>

<meta name="gsa_date" content="<ISPECT>showText(gsa_date)</ISPECT>"/>

Regards

Niall_OGrady

Thanks for the prompt response.

When I introduced the suggested ISPECT code I got the following error on the page:

Error in template common_metadata_details_GSA2.shtml:: Error: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot format given Object as a Date.
Method:format(java.lang.String).
Line: " <ISPECT>String gsa_date = formatDate.format(getModifiedDate())</ISPECT>": common_metadata_details_GSA2.shtml:24.

Do I need to make additional changes to get this to work?

Thanks,

Niall O'Grady

QAD Ireland

Franck_Feix

I've now tested my code ;-).Here is working one:

<ISPECT>Integer iMDate = getModifiedDateSeconds()</ISPECT>
<ISPECT>Long lMDate = new Long(iMDate.toString()+"000")</ISPECT>
<ISPECT>Date dM = new Date(lMDate)</ISPECT>

<ISPECT>SimpleDateFormat formatDate = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy MM dd")</ISPECT>
<ISPECT>String gsa_date = formatDate.format(dM)</ISPECT>

Regards

Niall_OGrady

Outstanding.

Thank you so much for the prompt resolution of this question.

Case closed. 110% satisfaction.

Niall O'Grady

QAD Ireland