problem in getting model data from spring controller to jsp

i am new to spring
in following class i added java.util.Date to ModelAndView

but it displays like as follows

this is the result
$(date)

my spring controller is as follows

public class SimpleControllerextends AbstractController{

public ModelAndView handleRequestInternal(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception{
//here welcome is view name
ModelAndViewmav= new ModelAndView("welcome");
mav.addObject("date",new Date());
return mav;
}
}

my welcome.jsp file as follows

<HTML>
<HEAD>

</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1>this is the result</h1>
<H4>${date}</H4>

</BODY>
</HTML>

whay do jsp page give me this error result
whaen i want actual Date should be Display
but it gives me

${date}

i think this is a EL expression
and i think the problem is because i am using tomcat 4.1 and it does not
support jsp 2.0 specifications

please help me in solving this problem

[ December 01, 2005: Message edited by: ganesh pol ]

That sounds about right...why don't you upgrade to the latest version of Tomcat?

but what to do if i do'nt wants to change it and do'nt use any tag library?