Example: <%@ taglib prefix="fmt" uri="http://java.sun.com/j... Full attributes: Attribute Meaning value Date object to be formatted type Format time only ('time'), date only ('date'), or both date and time ('both')? dateStyle Style to format date, e.g., default, short, long, full etc (c.f. JavaDoc for java.text.DateFormat) timeStyle Style for format time, e.g., default, short, long, full etc (c.f. JavaDoc for java.text.DateFormat) pattern User defined pattern, e.g., MM/dd/yyyy timeZone Which time zone to display the date for? var If the var attribute is specified, then a String value containing the formatted date is assigned to the named variable. Otherwise, the <fmt:formatDate> tag will write out the formatting results. scope When the var attribute is present, the scope attribute specifies the scope of the resulting variable. .