Java method in myUtils to convert dates: private static final SimpleDateFormat DATE_FORMAT = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss"); public static String getDateFormatted(Date passedDate) { return DATE_FORMAT.format(passedDate); } Registration of converter in faces-config: <converter> <converter-id>dateConverter</converter-id> <converter-class>converter.DateConverter</converter-class> </converter> Java converter class: package converter; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import java.util.Iterator; import javax.faces.component.UIComponent; import javax.faces.context.FacesContext; import javax.faces.convert.Converter; import uk.co.intec.util.IntecUtils; public class DateConverter implements Converter { private static final SimpleDateFormat DATE_FORMAT = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss"); /* (non-Javadoc) * @see javax.faces.convert.Converter#getAsObject(javax.faces.context.FacesContext, javax.faces.component.UIComponent, java.lang.String) */ public Object getAsObject(final FacesContext context, final UIComponent component, final String value) { return value; } /* (non-Javadoc) * @see javax.faces.convert.Converter#getAsString(javax.faces.context.FacesContext, javax.faces.component.UIComponent, java.lang.Object) */ public String getAsString(final FacesContext context, final UIComponent component, final Object value) { if (value instanceof Iterable) { StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder(); boolean appended = false; Iterable<?> values = (Iterable<?>) value; // Get the separator - a "-" if two values, a "," if more String separator = ""; int count = 0; Iterator it = values.iterator(); while (it.hasNext()) { Object nextDate = it.next(); if (count > 1) { separator = ", "; break; } else if (count > 0) { separator = "-"; } count++; } for (Object node : values) { if (appended) { result.append(separator); } else { appended = true; } result.append(convertDate(node)); } return result.toString(); } return convertDate(value); } /** * @param value * @return */ public String convertDate(final Object value) { if (value instanceof java.util.Date) { return myUtils.getDateFormatted((Date) value); } else { return String.valueOf(value); } } } Code on XPage: <xp:text id="myDate" value="#{myEnt.myDates}"> <xp:this.converter> <xp:converter converterId="dateConverterDateOnly"></xp:converter> </xp:this.converter> </xp:text>