Let us consider the way Order.date attribute is displayed in orders browser table.
order-browse.xml
<table id="ordersTable">
...
<columns>
<column id="date"/>
...
date attribute in Order class is defined using "date" type:
@Column(name = "DATE", nullable = false) @Temporal(TemporalType.DATE) private Date date;
If the current user is logged in with the Russian locale, the following string is retrieved from the main message pack on the client tier:
dateFormat=dd.MM.yyyy
The result: date "6th August 2012 " is converted into a string "06.08.2012" which is displayed in the table cell.
