DateLocaleConverter使用时遇到的问题

// 生日
		if (this.birthday != null && !this.birthday.trim().equals("")) {
			//try {
				System.out.println("生日："+this.birthday);
				DateLocaleConverter dic = new DateLocaleConverter();
				
				dic.convert(this.birthday, "yyyy-MM-dd");
				//dic.convert(this.birthday, "yyyy-MM-dd");
//			} catch (Exception e) {
//				System.out.println("生日："+this.birthday);
//				isOK = false;
//				errors.put("birthday", "日期格式不正确");
//			}
		}

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这一段代码百试不通，得到的异常是这样

严重: Servlet.service() for servlet [RegisterServlet] in context with path [/day09_user] threw exception
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at java.text.SimpleDateFormat.<init>(SimpleDateFormat.java:494)
	at org.apache.commons.beanutils.locale.converters.DateLocaleConverter.<init>(DateLocaleConverter.java:88)
	at org.apache.commons.beanutils.locale.converters.DateLocaleConverter.<init>(DateLocaleConverter.java:140)
	at org.apache.commons.beanutils.locale.converters.DateLocaleConverter.<init>(DateLocaleConverter.java:115)
	at org.apache.commons.beanutils.locale.converters.DateLocaleConverter.<init>(DateLocaleConverter.java:102)
	at cn.itcast.web.formbean.RegisterForm.validate(RegisterForm.java:139)
	at cn.itcast.web.controller.RegisterServlet.doGet(RegisterServlet.java:28)
	at cn.itcast.web.controller.RegisterServlet.doPost(RegisterServlet.java:73)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:647)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:728)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:305)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:222)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:123)
	at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:171)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:99)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:953)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:408)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1008)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:589)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(AprEndpoint.java:1852)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

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原因是javabeande common-beanUtils.jar包的版本过时，查阅资料得知使用1.8.3版本可以解决，我去官网使用最新版1.9.2版本解决