David(_dot_)Pawson(_at_)rnib(_dot_)org(_dot_)uk writes:
Not thinking. If you are using xslt 2.0 you already
have access to the date and time. Sorry.
Xslt 1.0
<h1>On the third stroke it will be <xsl:value-of
select="document('http://xobjex.com/cgi-bin/date.pl')"/></h1>
gives:
On the third stroke it will be Thu Aug 19 00:14:27 20042004819014274
Substrings will work that out, though GMT might make it easier.
regards DaveP
I have modified the output of the URL
'http://xobjex.com/cgi-bin/date.pl' to produce timezones (local, and
utc), a XML Schema friendly stamp, and component data for each
date. Like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<date>
<local tz="PDT" stamp="2004-08-20T17:40:47">
<year>2004</year>
<month>08</month>
<day>20</day>
<hour>17</hour>
<minute>40</minute>
<second>47</second>
</local>
<utc tz="GMT" stamp="2004-08-21T00:40:47">
<year>2004</year>
<month>08</month>
<day>21</day>
<hour>00</hour>
<minute>40</minute>
<second>47</second>
</utc>
</date>
So, David, you'll want to use it in a manner similar to these examples:
<xsl:variable
name="date"
select="document('http://xobjex.com/cgi-bin/date.pl)/date"/>
<xsl:variable
name="stamp"
select="$date/utc/@stamp"/>
<!-- produces: On the third stroke it will be 2004-08-21T00:40:47 -->
<h1>
On the third stroke it will be
<xsl:value-of select="$stamp"/>
</h1>
<!-- produces: In Santa Monica, California, the sun set
at 7:34 PM PDT today. -->
<p>
<xsl:text>In Santa Monica, California, the sun set at 7:34 PM </xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="$date/local/@tz"/>
<xsl:text> today.</xsl:text>
</p>
<!-- produces: The date in London is 21-08-2004. -->
<p>
<xsl:text>The date in London is </xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="concat(
$date/utc/day, '-',
$date/utc/month, '-',
$date/utc/year
)"/>
<xsl:text>.</xsl:text>
</p>
<!-- produces: The date in Santa Monica is 20-08-2004. -->
<p>
<xsl:text>The date in London is </xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="concat(
$date/local/day, '-',
$date/local/month, '-',
$date/local/year
)"/>
<xsl:text>.</xsl:text>
</p>
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