Precision error in converter property of h:outputText tag?

Question

Hi.
I have a date object that I am trying to render using the <hutputText> tag. Since the object contains the full date/time string, I am formatting using the converter property("*converter="javax.faces.DateTime*").
But the resulting date is a day before the actual date! Tracing this I have found that the converter property calculates the day as starting from 00:00:01 and not 00:00:00 as is standard in Java.
I am curious to find out if this is an error, intentional behaviour or an error on my part?

Answer 1

I am not explicitly setting the time zone or the locale because when printing out the value without the converter, the value does include the correct time zone(e.g. Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 CAT 2010). So this kinda buffles me as to why the converter would require explicit time zone handling? (perhaps I should try it.)