Translation of date object

[florida]

I am trying to understand what is going on for this Last Mod date in JSP:

<%
//Use String object jspPath in the getRealPath method that gets the page path?
String jspPath = application.getRealPath(request.getServletPath());
//create new ojbect called jspFile that is a file?
java.io.File jspFile = new java.io.File(jspPath);
java.util.Date lastModified = 
new java.util.Date(jspFile.lastModified());
java.text.SimpleDateFormat fmt =
new java.text.SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd, yyyy, K:mm a (zz)");
out.println(fmt.format(lastModified));
%>

Please advise if I am in the right direction for understanding this OOP?

[ray326]

Assuming you're getting what you expect from fmt.format(lastModified) then you should delete that line from the scriptlet block and append the following after the block close (%>).

<p><%= fmt.format(lastModified) %></p>

[florida]

Thanks and can you also explain if I am interpreting the Objects and method calls correctly? I want to make sure I know what exactly is going on.

[Khalid Ali]

the best thing you can do(since youa are at learning stage) is learn the best practices used in the industry.
For this purpose lookup MVC model and read up...you will find out that the java code in a jsp page is an absolute no no.....

[ray326]

Amen to that, Khalid!