JSTL numeric formatting tags

<h1>Numeric format words</h1>

Numerical value
<fmt:formatNumber value="123456789" pattern="#,###.0"></fmt:formatNumber><HR>
<fmt:formatNumber value="123456789" pattern="#.0"></fmt:formatNumber><HR>

currency:

<fmt:formatNumber type="currency" value="123456"></fmt:formatNumber><hr>

percentage:
<fmt:formatNumber type="percent" value="0.23"></fmt:formatNumber><hr>

Time formatting:
define a time
<jsp:useBean id="now" class="java.util.Date"></jsp:useBean>
<fmt:formatDate value="${now }"/>

<fmt:formatDate value="${now }" type="both" pattern="yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"/>
<fmt:formatDate value="${now }" type="both" dateStyle="long" timeStyle="long"/>