JSTL Formatting <fmt:timeZone> Tag

The <fmt:timeZone> tag specifies the parsing action nested in its body or the time zone for any time formatting. It is used for specify the time zone information used for time formatting operations.

The syntax used for including the <fmt:timeZone> tag is:

Let's see the simple example to understand the formatting <fmt:timeZone> tag:

<%@ 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>fmt:timeZone Tag</title>
  </head>

  <body>
    <c:set var="str" value="<%=new java.util.Date()%>" />
    <table border="2" width="100%">
      <tr>
        <td width="100%" colspan="2" bgcolor="#FF7F50">
          <p align="center">
            <b>
              <font color="#000000" size="6">Formatting:
              <fmt:formatDate value="${str}" type="both"
              timeStyle="long" dateStyle="long" />
              </font>
            </b>
          </p>
        </td>
      </tr>

      <c:forEach var="zone"
      items="<%=java.util.TimeZone.getAvailableIDs()%>">
        <tr>
          <td width="50%"  bgcolor="#C0C0C0">
            <c:out value="${zone}" />
          </td>
          <td width="50%" bgcolor="#FFEBCD">
            <fmt:timeZone value="${zone}">
              <fmt:formatDate value="${str}" timeZone="${zn}"
              type="both"/>
            </fmt:timeZone>
          </td>
        </tr>
      </c:forEach>
    </table>
  </body>
</html>

Output: