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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 }"

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