<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/core" %> <form method="post" action="dateHandler.jsp"> Please enter your birthday: <select name="month"> <option value="Jan">January</option> <option value="Feb">February</option> <option value="Mar">March</option> <option value="Apr">April</option> <option value="May">May</option> <option value="Jun">June</option> <option value="Jul">July</option> <option value="Aug">August</option> <option value="Sep">September</option> <option value="Oct">October</option> <option value="Nov">November</option> <option value="Dec">December</option> </select> <select name="day"> <c:forEach begin="1" end="31" var="day"> <option><c:out value="${day}"/></option> </c:forEach> </select> <select name="year"> <c:forEach begin="1930" end="2003" var="year"> <option><c:out value="${year}"/></option> </c:forEach> </select> <input type="submit" value="Submit" /> </form>
<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/core" %> <%@ taglib prefix="fmt" uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/fmt" %> <fmt:parseDate var="date" parseLocale="en_US" value="${param.month} ${param.day}, ${param.year}"/> You were born <fmt:formatDate value="${date}" dateStyle="full"/>.