[jboss-user] [JBoss Seam] - Seam Pros - Need your opinion...Date vs Long

I have a POJO that needs to store date information. But, I don't want to store the Java type "Date" in my database, I prefer to store my date in the database as Java type "Long". This is all fine and good, but when i display this POJO, i dont want the Long number displayed for my date, I want a readable date format... Right now, I have 2 properties on my POJO... | | public Long getDate() { return date; } | public void setDate(Long date) { this.date = date; } | | public Date getDateDisplay() { return datedisply; } | public void setDateDisplay(Date datedisplay) { this.datedisplay = datedisplay; } | | I use one method to save to the database and the other in my JSF EL calls to display on a page. Is there a better way of doing this? Is there a JSF tag to convert a Long into a Date? Is there a way to have a property on my POJO without saving it to the database? (Right now i have 2 columns with the same data) Or, am I just doing this wrong? Thanks Indy View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4084026#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...