jqlclausebuilder textfield and date

[AbrahamA]

Hello

customFieldhclass is a single line text field and I get error = is not valid

and for date I get the error "

// get this error Date value '18/Jan/16' for field 'created' is invalid. Valid formats include: 'yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm', 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm', 'yyyy/MM/dd', 'yyyy-MM-dd', or a period format e.g. '-5d', '4w 2d'."

In atlassian-plugin.xml I have date as

<property>
<key>todt</key>
<name>To Date</name>
<description></description>
<type>date</type>
</property>

Please let me know:

Which function in jqlClausebuilder should I use to get ~ ( assuming ~ is the way to compare content of Single Line Custom Text Field)

For date should I pass it to some date formatter, any code snippet is appreciated.

Thanks

Abe

.customField(customFieldhclass.getIdAsLong()).eq(hclass)  // How to compare text filed single line eq does not work need ~
        		.createdBetween(startDate, endDate);  // get this error Date value '18/Jan/16' for field 'created' is invalid. Valid formats include: 'yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm', 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm', 'yyyy/MM/dd', 'yyyy-MM-dd', or a period format e.g. '-5d', '4w 2d'.

[AbrahamA · Accepted solution]

for ~ we should use .like

[AbrahamA]

Figured out date part

Date startDate = ParameterUtils.getDateParam(searchParams, "fromdt", i18nBean.getLocale());
Date endDate = ParameterUtils.getDateParam(searchParams, "todt", i18nBean.getLocale());

.createdBetween(startDate, endDate);

Just need to figure out how I can get ~ for comparing text value

String ha = ""+searchParams.get("ha");

.customField(customFieldHa.getIdAsLong()).eq(ha);

I should get it as ~ for my query to work, = that .eq is producing is not working.