Hi Gabor,
My preference for a date used as part of search information in a URI
would be to choose something human friendly and intuitive and maybe
using java.util.Date or even better the Joda Time classes to validate.
Using UNIX time seems a little opaque for something clients are likely
to want to produce.
Unfortunately at the moment our management of Java types for parameters
is a little limited making it tricky to directly use the DateTime
classes with Date formatters. We need to look more into this.
So i would recommend using a String type and pass this to the date
formatter you need to use. Or create your own type that has a
constructor with a String parameter and encapsulates the date formatter
and validation.
Paul.
Gabor Szokoli wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Another FAQ candidate:
>
> How do you guys normally pass date parameters in the URL? Some string
> representation, or UNIX time as integer, or something else?
>
> I'm trying to come up with my first RESTful web service for querying a
> database, and dates are common as search parameters.
>
>
> Thanks in advance:
>
> Gabor Szokoli
>
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