title: spring mvc default date format for auto date conversion?
body: <p>I have employee data object which has date field DOB which user enters from UI. My question is <em>what is the 
  default date format spring mvc expects so that its auto date conversion works or does its depend on locale info coming
  from browser ?</em> </p>
  
  <pre><code>public class EmployeeData {
      private Date dob;
      ... getters and setters
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I mean will spring auto date conversion will work for any of these date formats <code>"MM/dd/yyyy" or "dd/MM/yyyy" or "yyyyy/MM/dd"</code> </p>
  
  <p>I know i can make use of CustomDateEditor but i am looking for what is the format spring accept for its default
  date conversion.</p>