h:outputText displays nothing when the output is formatted using f:convertDateTime when pattern comes from a bundle loaded with a4j:loadBundle

in 'messages' bundle:

timePattern=HH:mm:ss

in page:

<a4j:loadBundle basename="bundle.messages" var="msg"/>
<h:outputText id="testTimeFormatting" value="#{someBean.someDate}">
 <f:convertDateTime pattern="#{msg.timePattern}"/>
</h:outputText>
<h:outputText value="#{msg.timePattern}"/>

This displays only "HH:mm:ss" (the second outputText)

getSomeDate() of someBean just returns new Date()

The webapp runs (inside an ear) on jboss 4.2.2.GA using:

myfaces 1.1.5
tomahawk 1.1.6
richfaces 3.1.2.GA
facelets 1.1.13

I tested on tomcat 5.5.25 too, same behaviour.

I saw while debugging that the _pattern property of javax.faces.convert.DateTimeConverter is an empty string, hence getAsString() which returns prepareDateFormat().format(value) returns an empty string.

The same code, but using f:loadBundle displays the server time as expected.

Joel