JavaServer Pages, 3rd Edition

Name

<fmt:formatDate>

Synopsis

The <fmt:formatDate> action formats a date and time value according to locale specific rules. A custom pattern can be specified or locale-dependent default patterns for one or both of the date and the time portion can be selected.

The locale is taken from the locale configuration setting or the locale from the localization context setting, or if none of these are set, determined as the best match for the user preferences (Accept-Language request header).

If the value to format is null or an empty string, no output is generated, and if a variable to hold the output is specified, it’s removed.

Syntax

<fmt:formatDate value="dateAndTime" 
  [pattern="pattern" |
    [type="time|date|both"]
    [dateStyle="default|short|medium|long|full"]
    [timeStyle="default|short|medium|long|full"]]
  [timeZone="timeZone"]
  [var="var" [scope="page|request|session|application"]] />

Attributes

Attribute name	Java type	Dynamic value accepted	Description
value	java.util.Date	Yes	The date and time to format.
pattern	String	Yes	A custom pattern in the form accepted by java.text.SimpleDateFormat (see the next table).
type	String	Yes	Which portions to format.
dateStyle	String	Yes	One of the predefined locale-dependent date patterns.
timeStyle	String	Yes	One of the predefined locale-dependent time patterns.
timeZone	String or java.util.TimeZone	Yes	The time zone to use instead of the default.
var	String	No	The variable name. The type is String.
scope	String	No	The ...