public class Request {
@DateTimeFormat(pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd")
private Date dueDate;

<form:form action="create" commandName="request" method="post">
    <form:input type="date" path="dueDate"/>
    <input type="submit" value="create">
</form:form>

<context:component-scan base-package="controller"/>
<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
    <property name="prefix" value="/WEB-INF/views/"/>
    <property name="suffix" value=".jsp"/>
</bean>