//========================================================================
   //Copyright 2011-2012 Mort Bay Consulting Pty. Ltd.
   //------------------------------------------------------------------------
   //All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
   //are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
   //and Apache License v2.0 which accompanies this distribution.
   //The Eclipse Public License is available at
   //http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
   //The Apache License v2.0 is available at
  //http://www.opensource.org/licenses/apache2.0.php
  //You may elect to redistribute this code under either of these licenses.
  //========================================================================
  
  package com.acme;
  
  import java.io.IOException;
  import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
  import java.util.Date;
  import java.util.StringTokenizer;
  
  import javax.servlet.jsp.JspContext;
  import javax.servlet.jsp.JspException;
  import javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.JspFragment;
  import javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.SimpleTagSupport;
  
  public class Date2Tag extends SimpleTagSupport
  {
      String format;
      
      public void setFormat(String value) {
          this.format = value;
      }
  
      public void doTag() throws JspException, IOException {
          String formatted = 
              new SimpleDateFormat("long".equals(format)?"EEE 'the' d:MMM:yyyy":"d:MM:yy")
              .format(new Date());
          StringTokenizer tok = new StringTokenizer(formatted,":");
          JspContext context = getJspContext();
          context.setAttribute("day", tok.nextToken() );
          context.setAttribute("month", tok.nextToken() );
          context.setAttribute("year", tok.nextToken() );
  
          JspFragment fragment = getJspBody();
          fragment.invoke(null);
      }
  }