Java8 features can be replace with the following date library:
- java.util.date
- java.util.calendar
- joda-time
Example, if you were using @DateTimeFormat for your model class property transaction date such as:
public class Transaction implements Serializable{
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private String name;
@DateTimeFormat(pattern="yyyy-MM-dd")
private LocalDate tranxDate;
// code omitted
....
}
this require you to enabled with mvc:annotation-driven in your application context, otherwise when your form post will get wrong without much information provided.
HTTP Status 400 - type Status report message description The request sent by the client was syntactically incorrect. Apache Tomcat/8.0.21
@DateTimeFormat