print out the current year within a jsp

current-year.jsp

<%-- version1: java style --%>
<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>
<%@page import="java.util.Date"%>
<%@page import="java.util.Calendar"%>
<% pageContext.setAttribute("currentYear", java.util.Calendar.getInstance().get(java.util.Calendar.YEAR)); %>
Current year is: <c:out value="${currentYear}" />
 
 
<%-- version2: JSTL style --%>
<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt" prefix="fmt" %>
<jsp:useBean id="date" class="java.util.Date" />
<fmt:formatDate value="${date}" pattern="yyyy" var="currentYear" />
Current year is: <c:out value="${currentYear}" />