title: In a JSP scriptlet, how do you access a java.util.Date value passed from a Spring MVC ModelMap?
body: <p>FooController.java:</p>
  
  <pre><code>@RequestMapping(value = "/foo", method = RequestMethod.GET)
  public final String foo(HttpServletRequest request, ModelMap model)
  {
      java.util.Date myDate = new java.util.Date();
      model.addAttribute("myDate", myDate);
      return "foo";
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>foo.jsp:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;%
      java.util.Date myUtilDate = (java.util.Date)request.getParameter("myDate");
      org.joda.time.DateTime myJodaDate = new org.joda.time.DateTime(myUtilDate);
  %&gt;
  
  &lt;joda:format value="${myJodaDate}" style="LL"/&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Why does the JSP scriptlet fail to obtain the <code>myDate</code> value that was added to the <code>ModelMap</code> in the <code>FooController</code>?</p>