Issue 494 (https://javaserverfaces-spec-public.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=494) seemed to have fallen off the map, but since I just implemented a solution in Seam, I have decided to bring it back up. It's really inconvenient not to have at least a default converter for the type java.util.Date. While certainly dates inputs are something which vary widely, it's tedious in the early stages of an application to have to plug a DataTimeConverter on every input that accepts a date. The solution is as simple as registering DateTimeConverter with the class java.util.Date and accepting the defaults. The developer can simply specify a nested <f:convertDateTime> to override. The main limitation is that there is no way to know if the developer intends to capture a date or date + time since the type java.util.Date doesn't provide this information. Thus, we capture date and let the user specify a converter otherwise. -Dan -- Dan Allen Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat | Author of Seam in Action http://mojavelinux.com http://mojavelinux.com/seaminaction NOTE: While I make a strong effort to keep up with my email on a daily basis, personal or other work matters can sometimes keep me away from my email. If you contact me, but don't hear back for more than a week, it is very likely that I am excessively backlogged or the message was caught in the spam filters. Please don't hesitate to resend a message if you feel that it did not reach my attention.