<form:input type="hidden" path="timeStamp" />

private Timestamp timeStamp;

public final Timestamp getTimeStamp() {
return (timeStamp == null)
? null : (Timestamp) timeStamp.clone();
}

public final void setTimeStamp(Timestamp timeStamp) {
this.timeStamp = (timeStamp == null)
? null : (Timestamp) timeStamp.clone();
}

public final void doActionDelete(DumyBean bean, Errors errors, ActionRequest actionrequest...)

@InitBinder
public final void initBinder(WebDataBinder binder) {

    SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
    dateFormat.setLenient(false);

    binder.registerCustomEditor(Date.class, new CustomDateEditor(dateFormat, true));
}

"Failed to convert property value of type 'java.lang.String' to required type 'java.sql.Timestamp' for property 'timeStamp';
nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot convert value of type [java.lang.String] to required type
[java.sql.Timestamp] for property 'timeStamp': PropertyEditor [org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.CustomDateEditor]
returned inappropriate value of type [java.util.Date]