I am trying to get the date on a backingBean from a rich:calendar after I hit a h:commandButton.

It simply isnt working and I couldnt find a solution on foruns or the tutorials. So here is my code:

jsp:

<h:panelGroup>
<h:form id="frmDatePicker">
<rich:calendar value="#{uidatecontrol.date}" popup="true" id="beginDate" datePattern="dd/M/yyyy"></rich:calendar>
<h:commandButton value=Update" action="#{uidatecontrol.result}" actionListener="#{uidatecontrol.updateDate}"/>
</h:form>
</h:panelGroup>


Bean:

public class UIDateControl {
private Date date=new Date(0);
private String result;

public UIDateControl(){
result="test";
}
public String getResult(){
return result;
}

public void setResult(String result){
this.result=result;
}
public Date getDate(){
return date;
}

public void setDate(Date date){
this.date=date;
}

public void updateDate(ActionEvent event){

result="is it working?";

}

}


I placed breakpoints in all methods. When I start de jsp it calls the constructor...no problem, and then he gets the date from the getDate method.
When I submit the form the breakpoints in both updateDate and setDate aren't called. It just calls the getDate method.
WEIRD!!!

I will need to get the submitted date for several other things in my code. How do i retreive that information in my bean??

Thanks