IT Anawer: Displaying time in JSP page.

This was my line in demo.jsp demo

Hello there!!! The time is <%= new java.util.Date()%>

which when i opened in firefox doesn't show the time. instead displays the same line: "The time is <%= new java.util.Date()%>"

From stackoverflow

If you go to this link, it has examples, with source, that show you how to do it properly. See the "Date" example under JSP 1.2 examples.

Another recommendation: Learn JSTL and use its format tags to format time and date properly. Don't use scriptlets.
It looks like you're putting <%= new java.util.Date()%> in the wrong place, and it is being treated as text rather than code, it should look something like this:
```
<td width="100%"><b>&nbsp;Current  Date 
and time is:&nbsp; <font color="#FF0000">


<%= new java.util.Date() %>
</font></b></td>
```
If you post a code sample, it'll help a lot.

Some examples here too: http://www.roseindia.net/jsp/jsp_date_example.shtml

Dave
I'm assuming that your JSPs are compiling.

The <%= %> notation implicitly invokes the instance's toString() method. Since constructors in Java don't return a reference to the newly created instance, you're trying to do this:
```
new java.util.Date().toString() //! illegal
```
Try this instead:
```
<% java.util.Date now = new java.util.Date() %>
<%= now %>
```

IT Anawer