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<fmt:setTimeZone> Tag

The <fmt:setTimeZone> tag is used to copy a time zone object to the specified scope.

Syntax

&lt;fmt:setTimeZone value="<string>" var="<string>" scope="<string>"/>

Attributes

The <fmt:setTimeZone> tag has the following attributes:

Attribute	Description	Required	Default Value
value	Time zone	Yes	None
var	Variable name to store the new time zone	No	Replace default
scope	Scope of the variable	No	Page

Example Demonstration

<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8"
    pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c" %>
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt" prefix="fmt" %>
<html>
<head>
<title>JSTL fmt:setTimeZone Tag</title>
</head>
<body>
&lt;c:set var="now" value="<%=new java.util.Date()%>" />
<p>Current Time Zone Time: <fmt:formatDate value="${now}" 
             type="both" timeStyle="long" dateStyle="long" /></p>
<p>Change to GMT-8 Time Zone:</p>
&lt;fmt:setTimeZone value="GMT-8" />
<p>Date in Changed Zone: <fmt:formatDate value="${now}" 
             type="both" timeStyle="long" dateStyle="long" /></p>
</body>
</html>

Output:

Current Time Zone Time: June 26, 2016 11:34:05 AM

Change to GMT-8 Time Zone:

Date in Changed Zone: June 25, 2016 7:34:05 PM

JSP Standard Tag Library

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