Converting Richfaces Calendar Date instance to a custom String

[infinity2heaven]

<rich:calendar id="date" datePattern="MMM-yyyy"                   value="#{foo.date}"/>

the entity

@Length (max=8)
private String date;

public String getDate() { .. }

public void setDate(String date) {
   this.date timePeriod = MyDateUtils.formatDate(date);
}

formateDate, simply converts the long Date/Timestamp/Timezone string into a 'MMM-YYYY' string. (size-8).

The problem is, when I submit my form, hibernate validator gets invoked even before the setter is called. As Richfaces, converts the Date object into a Date/Timestamp/Timezone string, I get an error as the length is gt 8.

How can I convert the pattern that the richfaces tag submits or how do I convert the pattern before hib validators are called?

[andygibson.contact.andygibson.net]

You may want to try asking this on the RichFaces forums link

There have been a number of problems with the calendar component involving date formats and converters. As they progressively keep on releasing new versions they clean up some problems piece by piece.

Cheers,

Andy Gibson