/**
* Get the entered dates from the textboxes on screen, and apply them to
* the timeline
*/
private void setRange() {
DateTimeFormat datetime = DateTimeFormat.getFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
DateTimeFormat date = DateTimeFormat.getFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
Date startDate;
Date endDate;
// Try to parse the startdate
try {
startDate = datetime.parse(txtStartDate.getText());
} catch (IllegalArgumentException err) {
try {
startDate = date.parse(txtStartDate.getText());
} catch (IllegalArgumentException err2) {
Window.alert("I don't understand the startdate that you entered :(");
return;
}
}
// Try to parse the enddate
try {
endDate = datetime.parse(txtEndDate.getText());
} catch (IllegalArgumentException err) {
try {
endDate = date.parse(txtEndDate.getText());
} catch (IllegalArgumentException err2) {
Window.alert("I cannot make sense of the enddate that you entered :(");
return;
}
}