Weird Conversion Error inputText behavior with Dates

[K Enriquez]

I have two inputText fields that accept a start date and an end date that are used to retrieve data from the database and display the results in a dataTable after clicking a search button.

Both fields are coded the same, however, on either clicking search button again or paginating the result set, the first inputText is returning a Conversion Error. If I add a third inputText field, with some hard coded value, to render prior to the start date, there is no Conversion Error.

This code results in a Conversion Error

 

<td  >
	<h:inputText styleClass="inputText" id="batchPeriodStart"
		size="12"
		value="#{pc_PremiumHistory.premiumHistoryFB.batchPeriodStart}">
		<f:convertDateTime pattern="MM/dd/yyyy" />
		<hx:inputHelperDatePicker />
		<hx:inputHelperAssist errorClass="inputText_Error" promptCharacter="#" />
	</h:inputText>
</td>
<td  >
	<h:inputText styleClass="inputText" id="batchPeriodEnd"
		size="12"
		value="#{pc_PremiumHistory.premiumHistoryFB.batchPeriodEnd}">
		<f:convertDateTime pattern="MM/dd/yyyy" />
		<hx:inputHelperDatePicker />
		<hx:inputHelperAssist errorClass="inputText_Error" promptCharacter="#" />
	</h:inputText>
</td>

This code does NOT result in a Conversion Error and page works as intended?

<td>
	<h:inputText id="testDate" size="12"
		value="09/09/9999">
	</h:inputText>
</td>
<td  >
	<h:inputText styleClass="inputText" id="batchPeriodStart"
		size="12"
		value="#{pc_PremiumHistory.premiumHistoryFB.batchPeriodStart}">
		<f:convertDateTime pattern="MM/dd/yyyy" />
		<hx:inputHelperDatePicker />
		<hx:inputHelperAssist errorClass="inputText_Error" promptCharacter="#" />
	</h:inputText>
</td>
<td  >
	<h:inputText styleClass="inputText" id="batchPeriodEnd"
		size="12"
		value="#{pc_PremiumHistory.premiumHistoryFB.batchPeriodEnd}">
		<f:convertDateTime pattern="MM/dd/yyyy" />
		<hx:inputHelperDatePicker />
		<hx:inputHelperAssist errorClass="inputText_Error" promptCharacter="#" />
	</h:inputText>
</td>

Has anyone encountered this and give some info on possible solutions?
Using RSA 7.5 and JSF

Thanks you.