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People FreeMarker template error (DEBUG mode; use RETHROW in production!): The string doesn't match the expected date/time/date-time format. The string to parse was: "Mar 28, 2025 7:53:48 PM". The expected format was: "yyyy-MM-dd". The nested reason given follows: Unparseable date: "Mar 28, 2025 7:53:48 PM" ---- FTL stack trace ("~" means nesting-related): - Failed at: ${con.add_time?string?date("yyyy-MM-d... [in template "en/template/yatai-en/content.html" at line 44, column 19] - Reached through: @hmy_catalog_detail id="${IClass.pare... [in template "en/template/yatai-en/content.html" at line 19, column 1] - Reached through: @hmy_catalog_detail id="${con.catalog... [in template "en/template/yatai-en/content.html" at line 18, column 1] - Reached through: @hmy_content id="${params.contentId}" [in template "en/template/yatai-en/content.html" at line 16, column 1] ---- Java stack trace (for programmers): ---- freemarker.core._TemplateModelException: [... Exception message was already printed; see it above ...] at freemarker.core.BuiltInsForMultipleTypes$dateBI$DateParser.parse(BuiltInsForMultipleTypes.java:220) at freemarker.core.BuiltInsForMultipleTypes$dateBI$DateParser.get(BuiltInsForMultipleTypes.java:173) at freemarker.core.BuiltInsForMultipleTypes$dateBI$DateParser.exec(BuiltInsForMultipleTypes.java:161) at freemarker.core.MethodCall._eval(MethodCall.java:62) at freemarker.core.Expression.eval(Expression.java:101) at freemarker.core.DollarVariable.calculateInterpolatedStringOrMarkup(DollarVariable.java:100) at freemarker.core.DollarVariable.accept(DollarVariable.java:63) at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:383) at freemarker.core.Environment$NestedElementTemplateDirectiveBody.render(Environment.java:3274) at com.hmy.cloud.cms.service.directive.CatalogDetailTagDirective.execute(CatalogDetailTagDirective.java:118) at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:464) at freemarker.core.UnifiedCall.accept(UnifiedCall.java:102) at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:383) at freemarker.core.Environment$NestedElementTemplateDirectiveBody.render(Environment.java:3274) at com.hmy.cloud.cms.service.directive.CatalogDetailTagDirective.execute(CatalogDetailTagDirective.java:118) at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:464) at freemarker.core.UnifiedCall.accept(UnifiedCall.java:102) at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:383) at freemarker.core.IteratorBlock$IterationContext.executedNestedContentForCollOrSeqListing(IteratorBlock.java:321) at freemarker.core.IteratorBlock$IterationContext.executeNestedContent(IteratorBlock.java:271) at freemarker.core.IteratorBlock$IterationContext.accept(IteratorBlock.java:244) at freemarker.core.Environment.visitIteratorBlock(Environment.java:657) at freemarker.core.IteratorBlock.acceptWithResult(IteratorBlock.java:108) at freemarker.core.IteratorBlock.accept(IteratorBlock.java:94) at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:383) at freemarker.core.Environment$NestedElementTemplateDirectiveBody.render(Environment.java:3274) at com.hmy.cloud.cms.service.directive.ContentTagDirective.execute(ContentTagDirective.java:242) at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:464) at freemarker.core.UnifiedCall.accept(UnifiedCall.java:102) at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:347) at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:353) at freemarker.core.Environment.process(Environment.java:326) at freemarker.template.Template.process(Template.java:383) at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.freemarker.FreeMarkerView.processTemplate(FreeMarkerView.java:391) at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.freemarker.FreeMarkerView.doRender(FreeMarkerView.java:304) at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.freemarker.FreeMarkerView.renderMergedTemplateModel(FreeMarkerView.java:255) at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractTemplateView.renderMergedOutputModel(AbstractTemplateView.java:179) at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView.render(AbstractView.java:316) at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1373) at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.processDispatchResult(DispatcherServlet.java:1118) at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:1057) at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:943) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:1006) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:898) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:645) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:883) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:750) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:227) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162) at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162) at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:113) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162) at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:113) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162) at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:113) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:710) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:457) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:384) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:312) at com.yixintech.cloud.auth.client.interceptor.UserAuthRestInterceptor.preHandle(UserAuthRestInterceptor.java:92) at org.springframework.web.servlet.HandlerExecutionChain.applyPreHandle(HandlerExecutionChain.java:151) at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:1035) at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:943) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:1006) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:898) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:645) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:883) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:750) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:227) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162) at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162) at org.springframework.web.filter.RequestContextFilter.doFilterInternal(RequestContextFilter.java:100) at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:119) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162) at org.springframework.web.filter.FormContentFilter.doFilterInternal(FormContentFilter.java:93) at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:119) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162) at org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:201) at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:119) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:189) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:162) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:97) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:542) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:143) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:92) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:78) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:357) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:374) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:65) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:893) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1707) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) Caused by: freemarker.core.UnparsableValueException: Unparseable date: "Mar 28, 2025 7:53:48 PM" at freemarker.core.JavaTemplateDateFormat.parse(JavaTemplateDateFormat.java:51) at freemarker.core.JavaTemplateDateFormat.parse(JavaTemplateDateFormat.java:33) at freemarker.core.BuiltInsForMultipleTypes$dateBI$DateParser.parse(BuiltInsForMultipleTypes.java:213) ... 106 more Caused by: java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "Mar 28, 2025 7:53:48 PM" at java.text.DateFormat.parse(DateFormat.java:366) at freemarker.core.JavaTemplateDateFormat.parse(JavaTemplateDateFormat.java:49) ... 108 more