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While JSON format does not use any special instances to represent date, there is a way to convert Data.toJSON and a way to parse it back in JavaScript based on ISO 8601. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10286204/the-right-json-date-format There should be a way to obtain type-safe representation of date from HTML/Java interfaces. Possibly related to issue 248917 which may define "convertors".