diff --git a/tapestry-core/src/main/java/org/apache/tapestry5/corelib/components/Html5DateField.java b/tapestry-core/src/main/java/org/apache/tapestry5/corelib/components/Html5DateField.java
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+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package org.apache.tapestry5.corelib.components;
+
+import java.text.DateFormat;
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import org.apache.tapestry5.Binding;
+import org.apache.tapestry5.BindingConstants;
+import org.apache.tapestry5.ComponentResources;
+import org.apache.tapestry5.EventConstants;
+import org.apache.tapestry5.FieldValidator;
+import org.apache.tapestry5.MarkupWriter;
+import org.apache.tapestry5.ValidationException;
+import org.apache.tapestry5.annotations.Events;
+import org.apache.tapestry5.annotations.Parameter;
+import org.apache.tapestry5.corelib.base.AbstractField;
+import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.Messages;
+import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.internal.util.InternalUtils;
+import org.apache.tapestry5.services.ComponentDefaultProvider;
+
+/**
+ * A component used to collect a provided date from the user using the native HTML5 date picker 
+ * (&lt;input type="date"&gt;)
+ * @tapestrydoc
+ * @see Form
+ * @see TextField
+ */
+@Events(EventConstants.VALIDATE)
+public class Html5DateField extends AbstractField
+{
+    
+    final private static String DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd";
+    
+    /**
+     * The value parameter of a DateField must be a {@link java.util.Date}.
+     */
+    @Parameter(required = true, principal = true, autoconnect = true)
+    private Date value;
+
+    /**
+     * The object that will perform input validation (which occurs after translation). The translate binding prefix is
+     * generally used to provide this object in a declarative fashion.
+     */
+    @Parameter(defaultPrefix = BindingConstants.VALIDATE)
+    private FieldValidator<Object> validate;
+
+    /**
+     * Used to override the component's message catalog.
+     *
+     * @since 5.2.0.0
+     * @deprecated Since 5.4; override the global message key "core-date-value-not-parsable" instead (see {@link org.apache.tapestry5.services.messages.ComponentMessagesSource})
+     */
+    @Parameter("componentResources.messages")
+    private Messages messages;
+    
+    /**
+     * Computes a default value for the "validate" parameter using {@link ComponentDefaultProvider}.
+     */
+    final Binding defaultValidate()
+    {
+        return defaultProvider.defaultValidatorBinding("value", resources);
+    }
+
+    void beginRender(MarkupWriter writer)
+    {
+        String value = validationTracker.getInput(this);
+
+        if (value == null)
+        {
+            value = formatCurrentValue();
+        }
+
+        String clientId = getClientId();
+
+        writer.element("input",
+
+                "type", "date",
+
+                "class", cssClass,
+
+                "name", getControlName(),
+
+                "id", clientId,
+
+                "value", value);
+
+        writeDisabled(writer);
+
+        putPropertyNameIntoBeanValidationContext("value");
+
+        validate.render(writer);
+
+        removePropertyNameFromBeanValidationContext();
+
+        resources.renderInformalParameters(writer);
+
+        decorateInsideField();
+
+        writer.end();   // input
+
+    }
+
+    private void writeDisabled(MarkupWriter writer)
+    {
+        if (isDisabled())
+            writer.attributes("disabled", "disabled");
+    }
+
+    private String formatCurrentValue()
+    {
+        if (value == null)
+            return "";
+
+        return getDateFormat().format(value);
+    }
+
+    private DateFormat getDateFormat() {
+        return new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void processSubmission(String controlName)
+    {
+        String value = request.getParameter(controlName);
+
+        validationTracker.recordInput(this, value);
+
+        Date parsedValue = null;
+
+        try
+        {
+            if (InternalUtils.isNonBlank(value))
+                parsedValue = getDateFormat().parse(value);
+        } catch (ParseException ex)
+        {
+            validationTracker.recordError(this, messages.format("core-date-value-not-parseable", value));
+            return;
+        }
+
+        putPropertyNameIntoBeanValidationContext("value");
+        try
+        {
+            fieldValidationSupport.validate(parsedValue, resources, validate);
+
+            this.value = parsedValue;
+        } catch (ValidationException ex)
+        {
+            validationTracker.recordError(this, ex.getMessage());
+        }
+
+        removePropertyNameFromBeanValidationContext();
+    }
+
+    void injectResources(ComponentResources resources)
+    {
+        this.resources = resources;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isRequired()
+    {
+        return validate.isRequired();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tapestry-core/src/test/app1/Html5DateFieldDemo.tml b/tapestry-core/src/test/app1/Html5DateFieldDemo.tml
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+<html t:type="Border"
+      xmlns:t="http://tapestry.apache.org/schema/tapestry_5_3.xsd">
+
+<h1>DateField Demo</h1>
+
+<t:form>
+    <t:errors/>
+
+    <div class="field-group x-birthday">
+        <t:label for="birthday"/>
+        <t:html5datefield t:id="birthday"/>
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="field-group x-impact">
+        <t:label for="asteroidImpact"/>
+        <t:html5datefield t:id="asteroidImpact"/>
+    </div>
+
+    <input type="submit" value="Go" class="btn btn-primary"/>
+
+</t:form>
+
+<div class="btn-group">
+
+    <t:actionlink class="btn btn-default" t:id="clear">clear</t:actionlink>
+    <t:actionlink class="btn btn-default" t:id="english">english</t:actionlink>
+    <t:actionlink class="btn btn-default" t:id="french">french</t:actionlink>
+
+</div>
+
+<hr/>
+
+<dl>
+    <dt>Birthday</dt>
+    <dd id="birthday-output">
+        <t:output value="birthday" format="dateFormat"/>
+    </dd>
+    <dt>Impact</dt>
+    <dd id="impact-output">
+        <t:output value="asteroidImpact" format="dateFormat"/>
+    </dd>
+    <dt>Locale</dt>
+    <dd>${locale.displayName}</dd>
+</dl>
+
+
+</html>
diff --git a/tapestry-core/src/test/java/org/apache/tapestry5/integration/app1/pages/Html5DateFieldDemo.java b/tapestry-core/src/test/java/org/apache/tapestry5/integration/app1/pages/Html5DateFieldDemo.java
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+++ b/tapestry-core/src/test/java/org/apache/tapestry5/integration/app1/pages/Html5DateFieldDemo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+// Copyright 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014 The Apache Software Foundation
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package org.apache.tapestry5.integration.app1.pages;
+
+import java.text.DateFormat;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+import org.apache.tapestry5.annotations.Persist;
+import org.apache.tapestry5.annotations.Property;
+import org.apache.tapestry5.beaneditor.Validate;
+import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.Inject;
+import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.services.TypeCoercer;
+import org.apache.tapestry5.services.PersistentLocale;
+
+public class Html5DateFieldDemo
+{
+    @Persist
+    @Property
+    private Date birthday;
+
+    @Persist
+    @Property
+    @Validate("required")
+    private Date asteroidImpact;
+
+    @Inject
+    private PersistentLocale persistentLocale;
+
+    @Inject
+    private TypeCoercer typeCoercer;
+    
+    public DateFormat getDateFormat()
+    {
+        return DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, getLocale());
+    }
+
+    public Locale getLocale() 
+    {
+        return persistentLocale.get();
+    }
+    
+    void onActionFromClear()
+    {
+        birthday = null;
+        asteroidImpact = null;
+    }
+
+    void onActionFromEnglish()
+    {
+        persistentLocale.set(Locale.ENGLISH);
+    }
+
+    void onActionFromFrench()
+    {
+        persistentLocale.set(Locale.FRENCH);
+    }
+    
+}
diff --git a/tapestry-core/src/test/java/org/apache/tapestry5/integration/app1/pages/Index.java b/tapestry-core/src/test/java/org/apache/tapestry5/integration/app1/pages/Index.java
index d483a2a..e5254d7 100644
--- a/tapestry-core/src/test/java/org/apache/tapestry5/integration/app1/pages/Index.java
+++ b/tapestry-core/src/test/java/org/apache/tapestry5/integration/app1/pages/Index.java
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@
     private static final List<Item> ITEMS = CollectionFactory
             .newList(
                     
-                  new Item("PublishEventDemo", "@PublishEvent Demo", "Publishing server-side events to client-side code (JavaScript)"),
+                    new Item("PublishEventDemo", "@PublishEvent Demo", "Publishing server-side events to client-side code (JavaScript)"),
+                    
+                    new Item("Html5DateFieldDemo", "Html5DateField Demo", "Choosing dates using the native HTML5 date picker"),
 
 //                    new Item("ZoneFormDemo", "Zone Form Decoration", "Fields inside an Ajax-updatd Form are still decorated properly."),