Servlet JSP Date
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This example uses servlets and JSP to show today’s date.
DateServlet.java adds the formatted date to the request and then forwards the request to the JSP file:
package io.happycoding.servlets;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import jakarta.servlet.annotation.WebServlet;
import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import jakarta.servlet.ServletException;
@WebServlet("/date")
public class DateServlet extends HttpServlet {
@Override
public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws IOException, ServletException {
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat =
new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm aa 'on' EEEE, MMMM dd, yyyy");
Date now = new Date();
String formattedDate = dateFormat.format(now);
request.setAttribute("date", formattedDate);
request.getRequestDispatcher("/date-view.jsp").forward(request,response);
}
}
date-view.jsp uses expression language (EL) to get the formatted date from the request, and outputs it in HTML:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Current Time</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Current Time</h1>
<p>The current time is ${date}</p>
</body>
</html>
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