Um .... do you mind if I just steal that code and put it in org.jboss.seam.core? Actually, if I did that, I should probably do a whole Timezone/TimezoneSelector thingy like what we have for locales... I agree that the standard JSF behavior here is nuts. Or an alternative solution would be to introduce an <s:convertDateTime/> which is smart enough to default to the default server timezone ... View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3977332#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...