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The <dotj:date> tag can be used to display date/time values in a great number of ways. You can supply the value of the date or time via the tag's body, which can be in just about any date format.

The tag also fully supports internationalization.

Example	Date/Time	Format	Result
Example 1	Current Date	MM/dd/yyyy	08/28/2008
Example 2	Current Date	MMMM dd, yyyy	August 28, 2008
Example 3	Current Date	EEEE, MMMM dd, yyyy	Thursday, August 28, 2008
Example 4	09/15/2032	MMMM dd, yyyy	September 15, 2032
Example 5	Current Time	hh:mm:ss a	02:34:57 AM
Example 6	Current Time	HH:mm:ss	02:34:57
Example 7	Current Time	hh:mm:ss a z	02:34:57 AM EDT
Example 8	09:45:32 AM	hh:mm:ss a	09:45:32 AM
Example 9	Current Date and Time	MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss a z	08/28/2008 02:34:57 AM EDT
Example 10	Current Date - FRENCH Locale	EEEE, MMMM dd, yyyy	jeudi, août 28, 2008
Example 11	Current Date - Spanish, Mexico	EEEE, MMMM dd, yyyy	jueves, agosto 28, 2008
Example 12	"09/15/2032 01:13:45"	EEEE, MMMM dd, yyyy hh:mm:ss a z	Wednesday, September 15, 2032 01:13:45 AM EDT
Example 13	Last Modified Date (of this file)	EEEE, MMMM dd, yyyy hh:mm:ss a z	Tuesday, February 10, 2004 02:39:12 AM EST
Example 14	One thousand Milliseconds since Jan. 01, 1970 00:00:00 GMT	MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss a z	12/31/1969 07:00:01 PM EST
Example 15	One Second since Jan. 01, 1970 00:00:00 GMT	MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss a z	12/31/1969 07:00:01 PM EST

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