I\'m brand new to Java/Spring/Thymeleaf so please bear with my current level of understanding. I did review this similar question, but wasn\'t able to solve my problem.
Bean validation doesn't matter, you should use Thymeleaf formatting:
Also make sure your releaseDate property is java.util.Date.
releaseDate
java.util.Date
Output will be like: 04-Oct-2016
04-Oct-2016