At 15:38 12/05/2003 +0100, you wrote:
> I don't think it is quite as simple as that. Nor, if I am
> correct, can it be.
Yes it could. Provide the functions from the engine, then manipulate the
strings.
I guess that's what xslt users have been doing for a while?
Dave,
How does your suggestion solve the kind of issues arising with
<mySillyDate>Fred</mySillyDate>
and
<myNotQuiteSoSillyDate>25th December 2010</myNotQuiteSoSillyDate>
?
You are proposing that XSLT stylesheet authors continue to pfaff around
with multiple string-related functions to manipulate dates .... ? Oops I
mean strings that happen to look like dates. :)
So, correct me if I am misunderstanding you here, you are saying you will
forego the date / time / duration functions in XPath 2.0 / XSLT 2.0 if it
means you having to learn even a very little about W3C XML Schema?
Andrew Watt
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