Java – How to use Dates.Format with locale in Thymeleaf

I’m trying to format a date with locale in Thymeleaf, I’ve used dates.format

<td th:text="${#dates.format(embargo.fecha, 'dd-MMMM-yyyy', new Locale('es'))}"></td>

<td th:text="${#dates.format(embargo.fecha, 'dd-MMMM-yyyy',${ new Locale('es')})}"></td>

However, none of the above is valid.

I’m based on this problem that has been solved
https://github.com/thymeleaf/thymeleaf-extras-java8time/pull/6

I’m having the same problem as you.

It doesn’t work because you need to use #temporals instead of #dates.

To do this, you need to add the thymeleaf-extras-java8time dependency to your project:

compile("org.thymeleaf.extras:thymeleaf-extras-java8time:3.0.4.RELEASE")

Keep in mind that the Locale feature was added after version 2.1.0 was released, so you must use Thymeleaf 3. Add:

compile("org.thymeleaf:thymeleaf-spring4:3.0.6.RELEASE")
compile("org.thymeleaf:thymeleaf:3.0.6.RELEASE")
compile("nz.net.ultraq.thymeleaf:thymeleaf-layout-dialect:2.2.2")

As @Andreas points out, you need to specify the entire package name, for example:

<pre class=”lang-html prettyprint-override”><td th:text="${#temporals.format(embargo.fecha, 'dd-MMMM-yyyy', new java.util.Locale('es', 'ES'))}"></td>


Also note that #temporals does not apply to java.util.Dates, they apply to java.time.LocalDate and < strong>java.time.LocalDateTime

If you can’t change the backend to use java.time.LocalDate, one solution is to use a static method to create it from your java.util.Date of(year, month, day) from the LocalDate class.

For example:

T(java.time.LocalDate).of(#dates.year(embargo.fecha), #dates.month(embargo.fecha), #dates.day(embargo.fecha))

Put it into your example and it will become:

<pre class=”lang-html prettyprint-override”><td th:text="${#temporals.format(T(java.time.LocalDate).of(#dates.year(embargo.fecha), #dates.month(embargo.fecha), #dates.day(embargo.fecha)), 'dd-MMMM-yyyy', new java.util.Locale('es', 'ES'))}"></td>


Hope this helps!