JSTL Formatting <fmt:setTimeZone> Tag

The <fmt:setTimeZone> tag store the time zone inside a time zone configuration variable. It is used for copy a time zone object inside a specified scope variable.

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

Let's see the simple example to understand the formatting <fmt:setTimeZone> 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:setTimeZone Tag</title>
</head>
<body>
<c:set var="date" value="<%=new java.util.Date()%>" />
<p><b>Date and Time in Indian Standard Time(IST) Zone:</b> <fmt:formatDate value="${date}"
             type="both" timeStyle="long" dateStyle="long" /></p>
<fmt:setTimeZone value="GMT-10" />
<p><b>Date and Time in GMT-10 time Zone: </b><fmt:formatDate value="${date}"
             type="both" timeStyle="long" dateStyle="long" /></p>
</body>
</html>

Output: