Time conversion to DateConverter

vraptor-core/src/main/java/br/com/caelum/vraptor/converter/DateConverter.java

@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ public Date convert(String value, Class<? extends Date> type) {
 		}
 
 		try {
+			if(hasHourMinutesAndSeconds(value)){
+				return getDateTimeMediumFormat().parse(value);
+			}
+			if(hasHourAndMinutes(value)){
+				return getDateTimeShortFormat().parse(value);
+			}
 			return getDateFormat().parse(value);
 
 		} catch (ParseException pe) {
@@ -73,4 +79,38 @@ public Date convert(String value, Class<? extends Date> type) {
 	protected DateFormat getDateFormat() {
 		return DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, locale);
 	}
+
+	protected DateFormat getDateTimeMediumFormat(){
+		return DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, DateFormat.MEDIUM, locale);
+	}
+
+	protected DateFormat getDateTimeShortFormat(){
+		return DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, DateFormat.SHORT, locale);
+	}
+
+	private boolean hasHourMinutesAndSeconds(String value){		
+		if( isDateTime(value) && isMediumTime(value)){
+			return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	private boolean hasHourAndMinutes(String value){		
+		if( isDateTime(value) && isShortTime(value)){
+			return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	private boolean isDateTime(String value){
+		return value.split(" ").length > 1;
+	}
+
+	private boolean isMediumTime(String value){
+		return value.split(" ")[1].split(":").length == 3;
+	}
+
+	private boolean isShortTime(String value){
+		return value.split(" ")[1].split(":").length == 2;
+	}
 }

vraptor-core/src/test/java/br/com/caelum/vraptor/converter/DateConverterTest.java

@@ -80,4 +80,16 @@ public void shouldThrowExceptionWhenUnableToParse() {
 		exception.expect(hasConversionException("a,10/06/2008/a/b/c is not a valid date."));
 		converter.convert("a,10/06/2008/a/b/c", Date.class);
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void shouldBeAbleToConvertWithHourMinuteAndSecond() throws ParseException {
+		assertThat(converter.convert("10/06/2008 14:22:33", Date.class), is(equalTo(new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss")
+				.parse("10/06/2008 14:22:33"))));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void shouldBeAbleToConvertWithHourAndMinute() throws ParseException {
+		assertThat(converter.convert("10/06/2008 14:22", Date.class), is(equalTo(new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm")
+				.parse("10/06/2008 14:22"))));
+	}
 }