This example show how to format date in JSP using format tag library. We create a date object using the <jsp:useBean> taglib. To format the date we use the <fmt:formatDate> taglib. We assign the value attribute to the date object, set the type attribute as date and define the pattern how the date will be formatted.
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt" prefix="fmt" %>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Date Format</title>
</head>
<body>
<jsp:useBean id="date" class="java.util.Date"/>
Today is: <fmt:formatDate value="${date}" type="date" pattern="dd-MMM-yyyy"/>
</body>
</html>
Here is the web.xml configuration file.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app
xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_4_0.xsd"
version="4.0">
<!-- Config here. -->
</web-app>
Maven Dependencies
<!--https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=javax/servlet/jstl/1.2/jstl-1.2.jar-->
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
</dependency>
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