--- a/flys-client/ChangeLog	Mon Jun 04 08:22:06 2012 +0000
+++ b/flys-client/ChangeLog	Tue Jun 05 13:18:07 2012 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-06-05  Raimund Renkert <raimund.renkert@intevation.de>
+
+	* src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/client/client/ui/fixation/FixPeriodPanel.java:
+	  Fixed creation of initial date string.
+
 2012-06-04	Felix Wolfsteller	<felix.wolfsteller@intevation.de>
 
 	* src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml: Register Servlet Filter.

--- a/flys-client/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/client/client/ui/fixation/FixPeriodPanel.java	Mon Jun 04 08:22:06 2012 +0000
+++ b/flys-client/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/client/client/ui/fixation/FixPeriodPanel.java	Tue Jun 05 13:18:07 2012 +0000
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Date;
-import java.text.DateFormat;
-import java.text.ParseException;
 
 import com.google.gwt.core.client.GWT;
 import com.google.gwt.i18n.client.DateTimeFormat;
@@ -175,14 +173,16 @@
 
     public void success() {
         List<FixEvent> list = fixInfo.getEvents();
-        DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance();
+        DateTimeFormat df = DateTimeFormat.getFormat(
+                DateTimeFormat.PredefinedFormat.DATE_MEDIUM);
+
         try {
             Date f = df.parse(list.get(0).getDate());
             Date t = df.parse(list.get(list.size() - 1).getDate());
             this.inputPanel.setFromDate(f);
             this.inputPanel.setToDate(t);
         }
-        catch(ParseException pe) {
+        catch(IllegalArgumentException pe) {
             GWT.log(pe.toString());
         }
     }