[jboss-user] [JBoss Seam] - Issue with convertDateTime when backing bean date is null

I would like to navigate to a page responsible for setting a date on a backing bean: The backing bean (cof) is already loaded in the seam context but its date property is not yet set (null) the page code is <h:inputText id="date" value="cof.date" required="false"> | <s:convertDateTime pattern="MM/dd/yyyy"/> | </h:inputText> | <s:selectDate for="date" > | <h:graphicImage url="../img/dtpick.gif" style="margin-left:5px"/> | </s:selectDate> Issue is: When I navigate to this page I get the following error message: java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "cof.date" Does anyone knows a workaround that do not involve presetting the date on the backing bean before rendering the page ? regards boris View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4028506#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...