hi.....using getValue() method of org.jboss.util.propertyeditor.DateEditor with a locale configuration different by english, there is a java.text.ParseException and no Date returns. Below I added a patch in org.jboss.util.propertyeditor.DateEditor class to resolve this problem. I rewrote the getAsText() method so it can to returns a LOCALE String format , after that getValue() method can to parse it right. I added also a formatsForText attribute. It is similar to formats attribute but it is in a ENGLISH format so I can to create a String in a right manner in the getAsText()

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  package org.jboss.util.propertyeditor;

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.DateFormatSymbols;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;

import org.jboss.util.NestedRuntimeException;
import org.jboss.util.propertyeditor.TextPropertyEditorSupport;

/**

• A property editor for {@link java.util.Date}

  .

• @version <tt>$Revision: 1.1.2.2 $</tt>
• @author <a href="mailto:jason@planet57.com">Jason Dillon</a>
• @author <a href="mailto:d_jencks@users.sourceforge.net">David Jencks</a>
• @author Scott.Stark@jboss.org
  */
  public class DateEditor extends TextPropertyEditorSupport {
  static DateFormat[] formats;

static DateFormat[] formatsForText;

static {
String defaultFormat = System.getProperty(
"org.jboss.util.propertyeditor.DateEditor.format",
"MMM d, yyyy");
formats = new DateFormat[]

{ new SimpleDateFormat(defaultFormat), // Tue Jan 04 00:00:00 PST 2005 new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM d HH:mm:ss z yyyy"), // Wed, 4 Jul 2001 12:08:56 -0700 new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z") }

;

/**

• I fill formatsForText using a ENGLISH
• format, so getAsText() method can to return a java.lang.String in a
• LOCALE depending format
• @author Luca Stancapiano (l.stancapiano@k-tech.it)
  */
  DateFormatSymbols dateFormatSymbols = new DateFormatSymbols(
  Locale.ENGLISH);
  formatsForText = new DateFormat[] { new SimpleDateFormat(defaultFormat, dateFormatSymbols), // Tue Jan 04 00:00:00 PST 2005 new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM d HH:mm:ss z yyyy", dateFormatSymbols), // Wed, 4 Jul 2001 12:08:56 -0700 new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z", dateFormatSymbols) }

  ;
  }

/**

• I rewrite getAsText() method because
• java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport class uses
• toString() method of java.util.Date to return a String format
• but toString() method always returns a ENGLISH format String.
• If you are in an other country, you get problems to receive the
• java.util.Date by getValue() because it's in a different LOCALE format.
• This method returns a String format depending by your LOCALE settings
• @author Luca Stancapiano (l.stancapiano@k-tech.it)
• @return a String object

• */
  public String getAsText() {
  String str = super.getAsText();
  int n = 0;
  Exception ex = null;
  do {
  try

  { DateFormat df = formats[n]; DateFormat dfForText = formatsForText[n]; Date date = dfForText.parse(str); return df.format(date); }

  catch (Exception e)

  Unknown macro: { try { DateFormat df = formats[n]; Date date = df.parse(str); return df.format(date); } catch (Exception e2) { ex = e2; } }

  n++;
  } while (n < formats.length);
  throw new NestedRuntimeException(ex);
  }

/**

• Returns a Date for the input object converted to a string. It tries the
• default date format as specified by the following SimpleDateFormat
• formats in order:
• org.jboss.util.propertyeditor.DateEditor.format system property (or MMM
• d, yyyy, if not specified), EEE MMM d HH:mm:ss z yyyy EEE, d MMM yyyy
• HH:mm:ss Z
• @return a Date object

• */
  public Object getValue() {
  int n = 0;
  ParseException ex = null;
  do

  Unknown macro: { try { DateFormat df = formats[n]; return df.parse(getAsText()); } catch (ParseException e) { ex = e; } n++; }

  while (n < formats.length);
  throw new NestedRuntimeException(ex);
  }

}