Yuri Peter Kazakov wrote: > According the documentation of JSTL 1.0 > The <fmt:formatDate /> should output a current date and time.
No, not in the final version of the JSTL 1.0 spec, available at <http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/jstl/>. The behavior you describe was in one of the preliminary versions of the spec but was removed because of different interpretations between containers about how a custom action with an empty body should be handled, leading to portability problems. > But even in fmt.tld and fmt-rt.tld the value attribute is required. > I downloaded JSTL final release yesterday. > > I am preparing a presentation of JSTL for my company > development section, so I wouldn't like to any scriptlets > as value="<%=new Date()%> " in my demo. You can create a java.util.Date instance that represents the current time and then format it: <jsp:useBean id="now" class="java.util.Date" /> <fmt:formatDate value="${now}" /> > [...] Hans -- Hans Bergsten [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gefion Software http://www.gefionsoftware.com JavaServer Pages http://TheJSPBook.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
