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Format date/time using tag of jstl
Here in this section we will explain how to format date/time as per user requirment by using tag of JSTL.

Format date/time using <fmt:formatDate> tag of jstl

Here in this section we will explain how to format date/time as per user requirment by using <fmt:formatDate> tag of JSTL.

<fmt:formatDate> : This tag is used to format date and time according to the user supplied style and format.

Attributes of the tag <fmt:formatDate>

value	supplied date and time to be formatted.
type	specifies that time or date or both date and time to be formatted of given date/time.
dateStyle	predefined styles to represent date. For example- default, short, long, full etc
timeStyle	predefined styles to represent time. For example- default, short, long, full etc
pattern	provided by user in what pattern user want to format. For example: dd-mm-yyyy
timeZone	in which time zone user want to represent date/time.
var	var is a variable that is used to store created data source.
Scope	Define the scope for declared variable like page or request or session or application.

dateFormat_JstlFmtTag.jsp

<%@ page import="java.util.*"%>
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/core" prefix="c"%>
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/fmt" prefix="fmt"%>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="3">
<title>Format Date</title>
</head>

<body bgcolor="#6E6E6E">
<%Date date = new java.util.Date();
			pageContext.setAttribute("date", date);%>
<c:set var="date" value="${date}" />

<table bgcolor="#D8D8D8" border="1" width="70%">
	<tr>
		<td width="100%" colspan="2" bgcolor="#1C1C1C">
		<p align="center"><b> <font color="#D8D8D8" size="4">Formatting: 
                 <fmt:formatDate value="${date}" type="both" timeStyle="long" 
                  dateStyle="long" /> 
                </font>
		</b></p>
		</td>
	</tr>

	<tr>
		<td width="51%">Attribute : type="date"</td>

		<td width="49%"><fmt:formatDate type="date" value="${date}" /></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td width="51%">Attribute : type="time"</td>

		<td width="49%"><fmt:formatDate type="time" value="${date}" /></td>
	</tr>

	<tr>
		<td width="51%">Attribute : type="both"</td>

		<td width="49%"><fmt:formatDate type="both" value="${date}" /></td>
	</tr>

	<tr>
		<td width="51%">Attribute : type="both" dateStyle="default"
		timeStyle="default"</td>

		<td width="49%"><fmt:formatDate type="both" dateStyle="default"
			timeStyle="default" value="${date}" /></td>
	</tr>

	<tr>
		<td width="51%">Attribute : type="short" dateStyle="default"
		timeStyle="short"</td>

		<td width="49%"><fmt:formatDate type="both" dateStyle="short"
			timeStyle="short" value="${date}" /></td>
	</tr>

	<tr>
		<td width="51%">Attribute : type="both" dateStyle="medium"
		timeStyle="medium"</td>

		<td width="49%"><fmt:formatDate type="both" dateStyle="medium"
			timeStyle="medium" value="${date}" /></td>
	</tr>

	<tr>
		<td width="51%">Attribute : type="both" dateStyle="long"
		timeStyle="long"</td>

		<td width="49%"><fmt:formatDate type="both" dateStyle="long"
			timeStyle="long" value="${date}" /></td>
	</tr>

	<tr>
		<td width="51%">Attribute : type="both" dateStyle="full"
		timeStyle="full"</td>

		<td width="49%"><fmt:formatDate type="both" dateStyle="full"
			timeStyle="full" value="${date}" /></td>
	</tr>

	<tr>
		<td width="51%">Attribute : pattern="yyyy-MM-dd"</td>

		<td width="49%"><fmt:formatDate pattern="yyyy-MM-dd" value="${date}" />
		</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td width="51%">Attribute : pattern="yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss"</td>

		<td width="49%"><fmt:formatDate pattern="yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss"
			value="${date}" /></td>
	</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

In this code we have used "<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="3">" in the sixth line, that provide auto refresh to this web page after every three seconds.

Steps to run this example :

1: Download the zip file of code and unzip this file, you will get a folder named 'dateFormat_JstlFmtTag'.
2: Paste this folder in 'Apache Tomcat 6.0.16-->webapps' or generally in directory 'C:\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps'.
3: Start tomcat server by click on startup.bat file in 'C:\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\bin'.
4: Open browser and type url 'http://localhost:8080/formatDate_JstlFmtTag/dateFormat_JstlFmtTag.jsp' or click on this link.

Output of the program :

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How to format dyanamic date. I tried with the above example and it gave me below exception...

JSPG0227E: Exception caught while translating /dateformat.jsp: /dateformat.jsp(99,21) --> JSPG0124E: Custom tag attribute value cannot be runtime expression. value: "[${date}]"

/Atul

Posted by Atul on Monday, 09.8.08 @ 17:57pm | #78032

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