使用@DateTimeFormat(pattern="yyyy-MM-dd"), 可以规定页面提交的日期格式 

package com.atchina.pojo;

import java.util.Date;

import org.springframework.format.annotation.DateTimeFormat;

public class Employee {
	private String id;
	private String name;
	
	// 规定页面提交的日期格式
	@DateTimeFormat(pattern="yyyy-MM-dd")
	private Date birth;
	public Date getBirth() {
		return birth;
	}
	public void setBirth(Date birth) {
		this.birth = birth;
	}
	public String getId() {
		return id;
	}
	public Employee() {
		
	}
	
	public Employee(String id, String name, Integer gender, Address address) {
		super();
		this.id = id;
		this.name = name;
		this.gender = gender;
		this.address = address;
	}
	public void setId(String id) {
		this.id = id;
	}
	public String getName() {
		return name;
	}
	public void setName(String name) {
		this.name = name;
	}
	public Integer getGender() {
		return gender;
	}
	public void setGender(Integer gender) {
		this.gender = gender;
	}
	public Address getAddress() {
		return address;
	}
	public void setAddress(Address address) {
		this.address = address;
	}
	private Integer gender;
	private Address address;
	
}

写自定义类型转换器,就使用FormattingConversionServiceFactoryBean来注册
          既具有类型转换,又有格式化功能  

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
    xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
    xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
    xsi:schemaLocation="
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc.xsd">


		<context:component-scan base-package="com.atchina"></context:component-scan>
		
		<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
			<property name="prefix" value="/WEB-INF/pages/"></property>
			<property name="suffix" value=".jsp"></property>
		</bean>
		
		<!-- 静态资源可以访问了 -->
		<mvc:default-servlet-handler/>
		<mvc:annotation-driven conversion-service="conversionService"></mvc:annotation-driven>

		<!-- 写自定义类型转换器,就使用FormattingConversionServiceFactoryBean来注册
		  既具有类型转换,又有格式化功能 -->
		<bean id="conversionService" class="org.springframework.format.support.FormattingConversionServiceFactoryBean">
			<property name="converters">
				<set>
					<bean class="com.atchina.component.StringToEmployeeConverter"></bean>
				</set>
			</property>
		</bean>
</beans>