Format a date and display it using JSTL and EL

How do I format and display a Date object in a JSP, most preferably using JSTL and EL but any other solution is welcome? I can not change the bean object.

I have the following class:

import java.util.Date;
public class Person {
    private Date myDate; 
    public Date getMyDate() {
        return myDate;
    }
    public void setMyDate(Date myDate){
        this.myDate = myDate;
    }
}

I am trying to display the date in this object in a JSP page. When I do this <c:out value="${person.myDate} /> it prints this in the page. 2013-06-08 00:00:00.0

What I want to do is remove the time portion of the date and format it to MM-dd-yyyy.

I tried this:

<c:set var="myDate" value="${person.myDate }"/>
<fmt:formatDate value="${myDate}" type="date" var="formattedDate"/>

and it gave me the following error

Unable to convert string '${myDate}' to class java.util.Date for attribute value: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Property Editor not registered with the PropertyEditorManager

Then I tried the following:

<c:set var="myDate" value="${person.myDate }"/>
<fmt:parseDate value="${myDate }" var="parsedDate" pattern="MM-dd-yyyy"/>
<c:out value="${parsedDate }"/>

and I got:

Unparseable date: "${myDate }"