Why does my J2ME DateField not display the correct date?

Question

I am storing values and date values in a record store. I have my date field set up like this:

StartDate = new DateField("Start Date ", DateField.DATE);
                cal1 = Calendar.getInstance();
                cal1.set(Calendar.YEAR, 2009);
                cal1.set(Calendar.MONTH, 0);
                cal1.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
                StartDate.setDate(cal1.getTime());

and I save the date as a string as follows:

 strStartDate = cal1.get(cal1.DAY_OF_MONTH) + "/" +
                (cal1.get(cal1.MONTH) + 1) + "/" +
                cal1.get(cal1.YEAR);
 String detailsToAdd = strStartDate

(I have shortened the code.) Now, I want to be able to edit the date at a future stage. However, I need the code to be able to do this. So far I have:

EStartDate = new DateField("Start Date ", DateField.DATE);

I had to change the name of the DateField box as this was conflicting with other things.

I basically need to be able to show the selected record's date attribute. I currently have the other information displayed. I just need to be able to show the correct date. When I run the program the date field says <date>.

Any help will be nice

Answer 1

Could it be that the locale you are running in does not accept dates with / as a separator? I am sure there is a locale independent way to compose a date without using string concatenation as in your example.