title: jsp include not working
body: <p>i am trying to learn jsp, and when i include another .jsp file to my main page, its contents are not shown. here is the code </p>
  
  <p>main.jsp</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;html&gt;
  &lt;head&gt;&lt;title&gt;the include action&lt;/title&gt;&lt;/head&gt;
  &lt;body&gt;
  &lt;center&gt;
  &lt;h2&gt;the include&lt;/h2&gt;
  &lt;jsp:include page="/date.jsp"/ &gt;
  &lt;/center&gt;
  &lt;/body&gt;
  &lt;/html&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>date.jsp</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;p&gt;
    Today's date: &lt;%= (new java.util.Date()).toLocaleString()%&gt;
  &lt;/p&gt;
  </code></pre>