Taglib to display java.time.LocalDate formatted

Question

I would like to display formatted java.time.LocalDate in my JSP. Do you know any taglib to use for this?

For java.util.Date we were using <%@ taglib prefix="fmt" uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/fmt" %>. Does something similar for java.time.LocalDate exist?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28516766/jstl-formatdate-and-java-time-localdate — Adam Siemion, May 14 '15 at 06:16

score 17 · Accepted Answer · answered May 14 '15 at 08:09

Afsun's hints inspired me to create a quick solution.

Under /WEB-INF create directory tags.
Create tag file localDate.tag inside the tags directory.

Put bellow code into this tag file:

<%@ tag body-content="empty" pageEncoding="UTF-8" trimDirectiveWhitespaces="true" %>

<%@ taglib prefix="fmt" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>

<%@ attribute name="date" required="true" type="java.time.LocalDate" %>
<%@ attribute name="pattern" required="false" type="java.lang.String" %>

<c:if test="${empty pattern}">
    <c:set var="pattern" value="MM/dd/yyyy"/>
</c:if>

<fmt:parseDate value="${date}" pattern="yyyy-MM-dd" var="parsedDate" type="date"/>
<fmt:formatDate value="${parsedDate}" type="date" pattern="${pattern}"/>

Go to the JSP file in which you want display the java.time.LocalDate.

4.1. Add taglib directive <%@ taglib prefix="tags" tagdir="/WEB-INF/tags" %> at the top of the file.

4.2. Use the localDate tag as follows:
- <tags:localDate date="${yourDateToPrint}"/>
- <tags:localDate date="${yourDateToPrint}" pattern="${yourPatternFormat}"/>

Great. Thank you for it. – Michael Piefel Apr 11 '17 at 14:31 — Michael Piefel, Apr 11 '17 at 14:31

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered May 14 '15 at 06:28

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You can do this by fmt:parseDate.Try following:

<fmt:parseDate value="${dateForParsing}" pattern="yyyy-MM-dd" var="parsedDate" type="date" />

<fmt:formatDate value="${parsedDate}" var="newParsedDate" type="date" pattern="dd.MM.yyyy" />

I hope this help you.More information

answered May 14 '15 at 06:28

Afsun Khammadli

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This is fine, but do you know any more direct method? – Piotr Pradzynski May 14 '15 at 06:46
No.But you can create you own custom function for this. – Afsun Khammadli May 14 '15 at 06:48
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Your hints inspired me to create below solution, so I marked it as answer. Thanks! – Piotr Pradzynski May 14 '15 at 08:11

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 07 '19 at 19:45

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One solution would be to use the annotation @XmlJavaTypeAdapter(LocalDateAdapter.class) on your javabean:

@XmlJavaTypeAdapter(LocalDateAdapter.class)
public LocalDate getLoanDate() {
    return loanDate;
}

answered Oct 07 '19 at 19:45

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Taglib to display java.time.LocalDate formatted

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