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For formatting the date then you would need to use...

2012-01-23T09:54:53.419Z

For formatting the date then you would need to use the formatDate tag from standard JSTL:

<fmt:formatDate pattern="yyyy-MM-dd" value="${now}" />

If you want the date variable itself to not have the time in it then one solution would be to use the DateMidnight class from the excellent JodaTime package.

Hi Andrew, is it possible to format the variable (...

2012-01-19T18:31:46.267Z

Hi Andrew, is it possible to format the variable (now) to contain only YYYY-MM-DD? How can you do that?

Good job..!!

2011-12-07T14:37:06.263Z

Good job..!!

Thanks buddy. Its really helpful.

2011-03-11T10:10:38.003Z

Thanks buddy. Its really helpful.

Any idea how to take the difference of two dates, ...

2011-01-06T17:05:46.519Z

Any idea how to take the difference of two dates, then output that as a date?