title: Spring MVC - Binding a Date Field
body: <p>For request parameters representing string, number, and boolean values, the Spring MVC container can bind them to typed properties out of the box.</p>
  
  <p>How do you have the Spring MVC container bind a request parameter representing a Date?</p>
  
  <p>Speaking of which, how does the Spring MVC determine the type of a given request parameter?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>