Java Tutorial/JSTL/Parse Date
Output All TimeZone
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.ru/jstl/core" prefix="c" %><%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.ru/jstl/core-rt" prefix="c-rt" %><%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.ru/jstl/fmt" prefix="fmt" %>
<html>
<head>
<title>Timezones</title>
</head>
<body>
<c-rt:set var="now" value="<%=new java.util.Date()%>" />
<table border="1" width="63%" id="AutoNumber2">
<tr>
<td width="100%" colspan="2">
Formatting: <fmt:formatDate value="${now}" type="both" timeStyle="long" dateStyle="long" />
</td>
</tr>
<c-rt:forEach var="zone" items="<%=java.util.TimeZone.getAvailableIDs()%>">
<tr>
<td width="51%">
<c:out value="${zone}" />
</td>
<td width="49%">
<fmt:timeZone value="${zone}">
<fmt:formatDate value="${now}" timeZone="${zn}"
type="both" />
</fmt:timeZone>
</td>
</tr>
</c-rt:forEach>
</table>
</body>
</html>
Parse date from form
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.ru/jstl/core" prefix="c" %><%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.ru/jstl/fmt" prefix="fmt" %>
<html>
<head>
<title>Parse Date</title>
</head>
<body>
<form method="POST">
<table>
<tr>
<td width="100%" colspan="2">
Date Formatting
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="47%">Enter a date to be parsed:</td>
<td width="53%">
<input type="text" name="num" size="20" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="100%" colspan="2">
<p align="center">
<input type="submit" value="Submit" name="submit" />
<input type="reset" value="Reset" name="reset" />
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<P> </p>
</form>
<c:if test="${pageContext.request.method=="POST"}">
<table>
<tr>
<td width="100%" colspan="2">
Formatting: <c:out value="${param.num}" escapeXml="false" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="51%">type="date" dateStyle="short"</td>
<td width="49%">
<c:catch var="e">
<fmt:parseDate var="i" type="date" dateStyle="short"
value="${param.num}" />
<c:out value="${i}" escapeXml="false" />
</c:catch>
<c:out value="${e}" escapeXml="false" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="51%">type="date" dateStyle="medium"</td>
<td width="49%">
<c:catch var="e">
<fmt:parseDate var="i" type="date" dateStyle="medium"
value="${param.num}" />
<c:out value="${i}" escapeXml="false" />
</c:catch>
<c:out value="${e}" escapeXml="false" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="51%">type="date" dateStyle="long"</td>
<td width="49%">
<c:catch var="e">
<fmt:parseDate var="i" type="date" dateStyle="long"
value="${param.num}" />
<c:out value="${i}" escapeXml="false" />
</c:catch>
<c:out value="${e}" escapeXml="false" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="51%">type="date" dateStyle="full"</td>
<td width="49%">
<c:catch var="e">
<fmt:parseDate var="i" type="date" dateStyle="full" value="${param.num}" />
<c:out value="${i}" escapeXml="false" />
</c:catch>
<c:out value="${e}" escapeXml="false" />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</c:if>
</body>
</html>
Parse date input from form and format
<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.ru/jstl/core" %>
<form method="post" action="dateHandler.jsp">
Please enter your birthday:
<select name="month">
<option value="Jan">January</option>
<option value="Feb">February</option>
<option value="Mar">March</option>
<option value="Apr">April</option>
<option value="May">May</option>
<option value="Jun">June</option>
<option value="Jul">July</option>
<option value="Aug">August</option>
<option value="Sep">September</option>
<option value="Oct">October</option>
<option value="Nov">November</option>
<option value="Dec">December</option>
</select>
<select name="day">
<c:forEach begin="1" end="31" var="day">
<option><c:out value="${day}"/></option>
</c:forEach>
</select>
<select name="year">
<c:forEach begin="1930" end="2003" var="year">
<option><c:out value="${year}"/></option>
</c:forEach>
</select>
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
