title: Struts 1 ActionForms - What's the convention for dates in the form?
body: <p>I am about to start with e project that uses Struts 1.2. There is no plan to move to another framework. </p>
  
  <p>I wanted to know what's the convention when handling a date in the form? </p>
  
  <ol>
  <li><p>Should I create a Date variable and create a <code>setDate(String date)</code> method where the conversion will occur?</p></li>
  <li><p>Create a Date variable, a <code>setDate(Date date)</code> and register a special converter somewhere in the chain? (don't know if it's possible)</p></li>
  <li><p>Create a String variable, a <code>setDate(String date)</code> and let the conversion/validation to the <code>validate</code> method in the ActionForm bean?</p></li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Or another approach?</p>
  
  <p>Also, if you have any advice to get up to speed with this framework, I would really appreciate it.</p>