getting the current date and formatting it.

[Robin John]

Hi,

I want to show the current date in my jsp. How to achieve that using the default tag libraries ?

currently I'm using

<jsp:useBean id="todayDate" class="java.util.Date" scope="page" />
<fmt:formatDate value="${todayDate}" pattern="E dd/MM/yyyy" />

but when I include the following in my jsp it gives "Cannot find the tag library descriptor for "http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt" error.

but it works. How does it work even if its giving me the error ?

[Bear Bibeault]

How can it work and give you an error at the same time?

[Robin John]

Hi Bear,

It gives me an error in eclipse :( but when I refresh my web page it gives me the value. attached screen shots for the error. Thanks a lot for responding.

[Bear Bibeault]

Please reveal when it's an IDE error. Obviously, the IDE is wrong. :rolleyes: