Spring @RequestParam Date Formatting

Question

How do you format the incoming @RequestParam using annotations? The form is sending the date in MM/DD/YYYY format and the controller is not picking it up as a valid Date.

@RequestMapping(params="/updateDate")
public @ResponseBody String updateDate(HttpServletRequest request
        , @RequestParam Integer productId
        , @RequestParam Date dateReceived) {
    // Code here...
}

Answer 1

Use the Spring annotation DateTimeFormat

@RequestMapping(params="/updateDate")
public @ResponseBody String updateDate(HttpServletRequest request
        , @RequestParam Integer productId
        , @RequestParam @DateTimeFormat(pattern="MM/dd/yyyy") Date dateReceived) {
    // Code here...
}