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User-defined converter (subclassing StrutsTypeConverter) will no longer be needed when using datetimepicker:
Problem Symptom: Your custom StrutsTypeConverter implementation does not longer work. You needed to implement a custom implementation of StrutsTypeConverter e.g. StringToDateConverter to be able to parse and convert to Date the String posted from a datetimepicker control into the action. In version 2.0.x datetimepicker was posting a String formatted as specified in the "displayFormat" field e.g.
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In version 2.1.x datetimepicker will post a String Date in RFC 3339 format, so you can define your setter to receive a Date directly e.g.
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