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<Fmt: formatDate> tag

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<Fmt: formatDate> tag is used in different ways to format dates.

Syntax 

<fmt:formatDate
  value="<string>"
  type="<string>"
  dateStyle="<string>"
  timeStyle="<string>"
  pattern="<string>"
  timeZone="<string>"
  var="<string>"
  scope="<string>"/>

Attributes

<Fmt: formatDate> tag has the following attributes:

Attributes description If necessary Defaults
value To date display Yes no
type DATE, TIME, or BOTH no date
dateStyle FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, SHORT, or DEFAULT no default
timeStyle FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, SHORT, or DEFAULT no default
pattern Custom format mode no no
timeZone Time zone display date no Default time zone
var Variable names store formatted dates no Displayed on the page
scope Range variable storage format log no page

<Fmt: formatDate> tag format mode

Code description Examples

G

Sign of the times

AD

y

Year without the century. If the year without the century is less than 10, it is displayed with no leading zero year.

2002

M

Month figures. Month digit without leading zeros.

April & 04

d

Day of the month. Single-digit days without leading zeros.

20

h

12-hour hours. Single-digit hours without leading zeros.

12

H

24-hour hours. Single-digit hours without leading zeros.

0

m

minute. Digit minutes will not have a leading zero.

45

s

second. Digit seconds without leading zeros.

52

S

millisecond

970

E

which day

Tuesday

D

The first few days of the year

180

F

A month in the first few days of the week

2 (second Wednesday of the month)

w

R the first few weeks of the year

27

W

The first weeks of the month

2

a

am / pm indicator

PM

k

Hour (12-hour clock)

twenty four

K

Hour (24-hour clock)

0

z

Time zone

Central Standard Time

'

Escape text

''

apostrophe


Examples Demo 

<%@ 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" %>

<html>
<head>
  <title>JSTL fmt:dateNumber 标签</title>
</head>
<body>
<h3>日期格式化:</h3>
<c:set var="now" value="<%=new java.util.Date()%>" />

<p>日期格式化 (1): <fmt:formatDate type="time" 
            value="${now}" /></p>
<p>日期格式化 (2): <fmt:formatDate type="date" 
            value="${now}" /></p>
<p>日期格式化 (3): <fmt:formatDate type="both" 
            value="${now}" /></p>
<p>日期格式化 (4): <fmt:formatDate type="both" 
            dateStyle="short" timeStyle="short" 
            value="${now}" /></p>
<p>日期格式化 (5): <fmt:formatDate type="both" 
            dateStyle="medium" timeStyle="medium" 
            value="${now}" /></p>
<p>日期格式化 (6): <fmt:formatDate type="both" 
            dateStyle="long" timeStyle="long" 
            value="${now}" /></p>
<p>日期格式化 (7): <fmt:formatDate pattern="yyyy-MM-dd" 
            value="${now}" /></p>

</body>
</html>

Examples of the above operating results: 

日期格式化:

日期格式化 (1): 11:19:43

日期格式化 (2): 2016-6-26

日期格式化 (3): 2016-6-26 11:19:43

日期格式化 (4): 16-6-26 上午11:19

日期格式化 (5): 2016-6-26 11:19:43

日期格式化 (6): 2016年6月26日 上午11时19分43秒

日期格式化 (7): 2016-06-26

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