JavaServer Pages, 3rd 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 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

Attribute name	Java type	Dynamic value accepted	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 date ...