diff --git a/spring-binding/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/spring-binding/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
index 93ca0d5e..56da8f05 100644
--- a/spring-binding/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ b/spring-binding/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#Thu Jul 03 00:22:38 EDT 2008
+#Thu Jul 10 09:39:34 BST 2008
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.codeComplete.argumentPrefixes=
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.codeComplete.argumentSuffixes=
diff --git a/spring-binding/src/main/java/org/springframework/binding/expression/beanwrapper/BeanWrapperExpressionParser.java b/spring-binding/src/main/java/org/springframework/binding/expression/beanwrapper/BeanWrapperExpressionParser.java
index b5f26889..1a070bde 100644
--- a/spring-binding/src/main/java/org/springframework/binding/expression/beanwrapper/BeanWrapperExpressionParser.java
+++ b/spring-binding/src/main/java/org/springframework/binding/expression/beanwrapper/BeanWrapperExpressionParser.java
@@ -32,7 +32,22 @@ import org.springframework.binding.expression.support.AbstractExpressionParser;
  */
 public class BeanWrapperExpressionParser extends AbstractExpressionParser {
 
-	private ConversionService conversionService = new DefaultConversionService();
+	private ConversionService conversionService;
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new expression parser that uses a {@link DefaultConversionService} to perform type conversion.
+	 */
+	public BeanWrapperExpressionParser() {
+		this.conversionService = new DefaultConversionService();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new expression parser that uses the specified conversion service for type conversion.
+	 * @param conversionService the conversion service to use
+	 */
+	public BeanWrapperExpressionParser(ConversionService conversionService) {
+		this.conversionService = conversionService;
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * The conversion service to use to obtain {@link ConversionExecutor conversion executors} that will be adapted to
diff --git a/spring-binding/src/test/java/org/springframework/binding/expression/ognl/OgnlExpressionParserTests.java b/spring-binding/src/test/java/org/springframework/binding/expression/ognl/OgnlExpressionParserTests.java
index 5005e162..a052cadf 100644
--- a/spring-binding/src/test/java/org/springframework/binding/expression/ognl/OgnlExpressionParserTests.java
+++ b/spring-binding/src/test/java/org/springframework/binding/expression/ognl/OgnlExpressionParserTests.java
@@ -160,12 +160,4 @@ public class OgnlExpressionParserTests extends TestCase {
 		Expression e = parser.parseExpression(exp, null);
 		assertEquals(boolean.class, e.getValueType(bean));
 	}
-
-	public void testSetComplexDateType() {
-		String value = "2008-07-04";
-		Expression e = parser.parseExpression("date", null);
-		e.setValue(bean, value);
-		assertEquals(1215144000000L, bean.getDate().getTime());
-	}
-
 }
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