CustomConverter problem with time

[nschweig]

Hi,

I tried to write a general custom date and time-converter because I do not want to write the whole formatting information everytime in the tag like this:

<f:convertDateTime pattern="HH:mm" timeZone="Europe/Berlin"/>

The problem is to format the time; the date works. Heres my code:

public class CMTDateTimeConverter extends DateTimeConverter {
 public static final String CONVERTER_ID = "CMTDTConverter";

 final public static String DATE_FORMAT = "dd-MMM-yyyy";
 final public static String TIME_FORMAT = "HH:mm";

 public CMTDateTimeConverter() {
 super();

 //setLocale(getLocale());
 setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Europe/Berlin"));
 setTimeStyle(DATE_FORMAT);
 setDateStyle(TIME_FORMAT);
 }
}

in faces-config:

<converter>
 <description>Timezone Europe/Berlin</description>
 <converter-id>CMTDTConverter</converter-id>
 <converter-class>de.cmt.helper.CMTDateTimeConverter</converter-class>
 </converter>

I try to display the time as following:

<h:outputText value="#{appointment.time}" >
 <f:convertDateTime converterId="CMTDTConverter"/>
</h:outputText>

The time is always displayed as 01.01.1970.

Can anyone please help me? Thank you
NSchweig