The <fmt: formatDate> tag is used to format the date and time according to the customized formatting pattern.
The Syntax of the <fmt: formatDate> Tag
<fmt: formatDate attributes/>
Attributes of <fmt: formatDate> Tag
| Attributes | Description |
|---|---|
| value | Specifies date or time to be formatted. |
| type | Specifies that either date or time or both should be formatted. |
| dateStyle | Specifies the style of date that whether it is short, long or medium . |
| pattern | Specifies the custom pattern to format the date or time. |
| var | Specifies the variable name to which the date and time is to be formatted. |
| scope | The Scope into which the variable date and time has to be formatted |
| timeStyle | Specifies the style of time that whether it is short, long or medium. |
| timeZone | Used to set the formatted time. |
Example
<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8"
pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core"%>
<%@ taglib prefix="fmt" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt"%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>dateNumber Tag</title>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Format Date</h2>
<c:set var="today" value="<%=new java.util.Date()%>" />
<p>
Formatted Date :
<fmt:formatDate type="date" value="${today}" />
</p>
<p>
Formatted Time :
<fmt:formatDate type="time" value="${today}" />
</p>
<p>
Formatted Both :
<fmt:formatDate type="both" value="${today}" />
</p>
<p>
Formatted both in short style :
<fmt:formatDate type="both" dateStyle="short" timeStyle="short"
value="${today}" />
</p>
<p>
Formatted in medium style :
<fmt:formatDate type="both" dateStyle="medium" timeStyle="medium"
value="${today}" />
</p>
<p>
Formatted in long style :
<fmt:formatDate type="both" dateStyle="long" timeStyle="long"
value="${today}" />
</p>
<p>
Formatted Date :
<fmt:formatDate pattern="dd-MM-yyyy" value="${today}" />
</p>
</body>
</html>
Details of the Code
- <fmt:formatDate type=”date”> tag is used to format date.
- <fmt:formatDate type=”time”> tag is used to format time.
- <fmt:formatDate type=”both” dateStyle=”short” timeStyle=”short” value=”${today}” /> tag is used to format both date and time in short pattern.
- <fmt:formatDate pattern=”dd-MM-yyyy” > tag is used to format the date pattern to be displayed in the output.
Steps for Execution
- Save this file as example.jsp in your eclipse IDE.
- Now select this jsp file, right mouse click and select Run as ->Run on server
Output
When the execution process is completed successfully we will get the following output :
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