JavaServer Pages, Second Edition

Name

<fmt:parseDate>

Synopsis

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

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

Syntax 1: Without a body

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

Syntax 2: With a body

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

Attributes

Attributename	Java type	Dynamic valueaccepted	Description
value	String	Yes	The date and time to parse
pattern	String	Yes	A custom pattern in the form accepted by java.text.SimpleDateFormat; see fmt:formatDate.
type	String	Yes	Which portions the value contains.
dateStyle	String	Yes	One of the predefined locale-dependent ...