Checking date in EL

Question

Is it possible to to check / compare the value of a Date object in JSP, using EL only? I'm making a web application using Spring MVC + JSP and I'm passing an object of Date class to JSP in the controller using

model.addAttribute("date", randomDate);

In JSP I would like to check, if the date has a certain value. Specifically I would need to check for a certain year, month and day, in the spirit of

<c:if test="${date == '1.1.2014'}">
    <span>Happy new Year!</span>
</c:if>

Is there a straightforward way to inspect the value of Data type variable using EL, or JSTL function? I would like to avoid scriptlets, if possible.

Answer 1

Try this :

<fmt:formatDate pattern="MM-dd-yyyy" value="${date}" var="formatedDate" />
<c:if test="${formatedDate == '01-01-2014'}">
    <span>Happy new Year!</span>
</c:if>