From 4d5c142dbc976cb88ba6414b4be7ad4e5469b330 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Keith Donald <kdonald@vmware.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 22:52:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] date formatter

---
 .../binding/format/formatters/DateFormatter.java            | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/spring-binding/src/main/java/org/springframework/binding/format/formatters/DateFormatter.java b/spring-binding/src/main/java/org/springframework/binding/format/formatters/DateFormatter.java
index ea10c30e..3533842f 100644
--- a/spring-binding/src/main/java/org/springframework/binding/format/formatters/DateFormatter.java
+++ b/spring-binding/src/main/java/org/springframework/binding/format/formatters/DateFormatter.java
@@ -70,7 +70,11 @@ public class DateFormatter implements Formatter {
 		if (pattern != null) {
 			return new SimpleDateFormat(pattern, locale);
 		} else {
-			return DateFormat.getDateInstance();
+			if (locale != null) {
+				return DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, locale);
+			} else {
+				return DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT);
+			}
 		}
 	}