JSTL Format fmt:setTimeZone Tag

The <fmt:setTimeZone> tag is used to load the time zone into a specified scope variable.

The Syntax of the <fmt:setTimeZone> Tag

[code lang=”html”]
<fmt: setTimeZone value= "string" var = "var name" scope= "string"/>
[/code]

Attributes of <fmt:setTimeZone> Tag

Attributes	Description
value	It is used to represent the time zone ID or specify the java.util.TimeZone object.
var	Specifies the variable name to store new default time zone.
scope	The Scope into which the variable has to be set.

Example

[code lang=”html”]
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt" prefix="fmt" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>

<title>Set Time Zone Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<center>
<c:set var="today" value="<%=new java.util.Date()%>" />
Present Date and Time 
<fmt:formatDate value="${today}" type="both" /> 
Date and time using GMT 
<fmt:setTimeZone value="GMT-10"/>
<fmt:formatDate value="${today}" type="both" />
</center>
</body>
</html>
[/code]

Details of the Code

<%@ taglib uri=”http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt” prefix=”fmt” %> tag is used for formatting the data in jsp page.
<%@ taglib uri=”http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core” prefix=”c”%> tag is used to process a JSP page in an application.
<fmt:formatDate> tag is used to display the date.
<fmt:setTimeZone value=”GMT-10″/> tag is used to set the time by specifying the GMT value.

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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