My apologies then. I started using EXSLT after about a week or 2 of
using XSL. I know some of the things can be quite cryptic, but I found
it to be a good learning experience to try and understand it.
If you will be using XSL frequently and don't have a copy of XSLT
Programmer's Reference by Michael Kay, I highly recommend getting it(2nd
edition). I've found it easier to understand new XSL material when I
can refer to the book.
-Kenny
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From: owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
[mailto:owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com] On Behalf Of
Bruce
D'Arcus
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 10:51 AM
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: Re: [xsl] date-time formatting question
On Feb 3, 2004, at 8:07 PM, Kenny Akridge wrote:
Actually, for getting the month name, you probably will have to write
a
template. I said exslt before verifying they supported that function.
However, it sounds like you have a lot of date/time needs, so you may
want to look at what they offer. The documentation and categorization
is pretty decent.
I don't find the documentation at all decent for my needs.
If I go here for example:
http://www.exslt.org/date/functions/month-abbreviation/index.html
...all I see is this:
==================
Template Syntax
<xsl:call-template name="date:month-abbreviation">
<xsl:with-param name="date-time" select="string" />?
</xsl:call-template>
The date:month-abbreviation function returns the abbreviation of the
month of a date. If no argument is given, then the current local
date/time, as returned by date:date-time is used the default argument.
==================
I'm a beginner (and someone with otherwise no coding background), and
the above makes no sense to me. What I need is an example that
actually works.
As a general point, then, it would be really helpful if these exslt
pages could just provide the most minimal of working examples in the
documentation.
Bruce
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