You're right. It is simple, just a bit long, and no, you don't necessarily need
those templates. They are good, but big. Try this simple approach.:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
<xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes" encoding="UTF-8" />
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:apply-templates />
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="text">
<xsl:apply-templates />
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="date">
<xsl:variable name="day-part">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="substring(.,8,1) = '0'">
<xsl:value-of select="substring(.,9,1)" />
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:value-of select="substring(.,9,2)" />
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="year-part" select="substring(.,1,4)" />
<xsl:variable name="month-part">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="substring(.,6,2) = '01'">January</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="substring(.,6,2) = '02'">February</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="substring(.,6,2) = '03'">March</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="substring(.,6,2) = '04'">April</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="substring(.,6,2) = '05'">May</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="substring(.,6,2) = '06'">June</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="substring(.,6,2) = '07'">July</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="substring(.,6,2) = '08'">August</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="substring(.,6,2) = '09'">September</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="substring(.,6,2) = '10'">October</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="substring(.,6,2) = '11'">November</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="substring(.,6,2) = '12'">December</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise></xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:variable>
<date><xsl:value-of select="concat($month-part, ' ', $day-part, ', ', $year-part)"
/></date>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
--
Charles Knell
cknell(_at_)onebox(_dot_)com - email
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce D'Arcus <bdarcus(_at_)fastmail(_dot_)fm>
Sent: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 15:13:45 -0500
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: Re: [xsl] date-time formatting question
I wrote:
Input example:
<text>
<date>2003-03-15</date>
</text>
Desired output:
March 3, 2003
Umm, just to avoid potential confusion, I of course meant to write:
March 15, 2003
Bruce
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