Sample JSP Date Combo

This method produces required html code for date time combos. Date parameter is selected in case of equality.

 public static String printDateCombos(String name , java.util.Date date) {
  
  Calendar today = Calendar.getInstance(new Locale("en-US")) ; 
  
  if (date == null) 
   today.setTimeInMillis( System.currentTimeMillis()  );
  else 
   today.setTime( date ) ;
  
  int year = today.get( Calendar.YEAR );
  int month = today.get( Calendar.MONTH );
  int day = today.get( Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH );
  int hour = today.get( Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY );
  int min = today.get( Calendar.MINUTE ); 
  StringBuffer out = new StringBuffer();
  
  out.append("<select name=\"");
  out.append(name);
  out.append("_day\">");

  for (int i=1;i<32;i++) {
   out.append("<option");
   if (i==day) out.append(" selected ");
   out.append(">");
   if (i<10) out.append('0');
   out.append(i);
   out.append("</option>");
  
  }
  out.append("</select>");

  // month
  out.append("/<select name=\"");
  out.append(name);
  out.append("_month\">");

  for (int i=0;i<12;i++) {
   out.append("<option");
   if (i==month) out.append(" selected");
   out.append(" value=");
   out.append(i+1);
   out.append(">");
   out.append( MONTHS[i] );
   out.append("</option>");
  
  }
  out.append("</select>");
  
  
  // year
  out.append("/<select name=\"");
  out.append(name);
  out.append("_year\">");

  for (int i=0;i<10;i++) {
   out.append("<option");
   if (i==0) out.append(" selected");
   out.append(">");
   out.append(year+i);
   out.append("</option>");
  
  }
  out.append("</select>");
  // hour
  out.append("-<select name=\"");
  out.append(name);
  out.append("_hour\">");

  for (int i=0;i<24;i++) {
   out.append("<option");
   if (i==hour) out.append(" selected");
   out.append(">");
   if (i<10) out.append('0');
   out.append(i);
   out.append("</option>");
  }
  out.append("</select>:");  

  // minute
  out.append("<select name=\"");
  out.append(name);
  out.append("_minute\">");

  for (int i=0;i<60;i++) {
   out.append("<option");
   if (i==min) out.append(" selected");
   out.append(">");
   if (i<10) out.append('0');
   out.append(i);
   out.append("</option>");
  }
  out.append("</select>");  

  return out.toString() ;  
 }