Assuming that you obtain the date from mySQL through a resultSet i.e. resultset.getDate(int), the java.util.Date object returned (date) can be parsed like so:
SimpleDateFormat format = (SimpleDateFormat) DateFormat.getDateInstance();
format.applyPattern("dd-MM-yyyy");
String formattedDate = format.format(date);
You can perform this piece of code in your responding
servlet or through a
JSP taglib that takes in the java.util.Date as an argument in the JSP and performs the logic in its tag class.
For a decent datetime JSP taglib see:
http://jakarta.apache.org/taglibs/doc/datetime-doc/intro.html Alternatively you can easily write one yourself.
AO.
