"adrian(a)jboss.org" wrote : The alternative would be to fix the Date property editor such that you can | specify the locale in the string, e.g. as a prefix That's what I also already did. ;-) | - String defaultFormat = System.getProperty("org.jboss.util.propertyeditor.DateEditor.format", | - "MMM d, yyyy"); | + String defaultFormat = System.getProperty("org.jboss.util.propertyeditor.DateEditor.format", "MMM d, yyyy"); | + String defaultLocale = System.getProperty("org.jboss.util.propertyeditor.DateEditor.locale"); | + DateFormat defaultDateFormat; | + if (defaultLocale == null) | + { | + defaultDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(defaultFormat); | + } | + else | + { | + defaultDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(defaultFormat, Strings.parseLocaleString(defaultLocale)); | + } | + | formats = new DateFormat[] | { | - new SimpleDateFormat(defaultFormat), | + defaultDateFormat, | Just don't feel like waiting for the new commons release. :-) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4139271#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...