Hi, Bob,
The big choose block gives you the month string (June, etc.), and the next
statement (<xsl:value-of select="$month"/>) gives the value of the $month
variable, which you have set up to contain the numeric value of the month
(06, etc.). So, you are getting both.
In other words, you're using the $month variable twice (in the choose block
and by itself) when you should use it once (just in the choose block).
Try removing the following line:
<xsl:value-of select="$month"/>
HTH
Jay Bryant
Bryant Communication Services
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Wilkins" <wilkins(_dot_)robert(_at_)comcast(_dot_)net>
To: <xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 6:15 PM
Subject: [xsl] variable date values...
I'm retrieving a time stamp from the web and extracting the month and
year values. I want to replace the numeric month value (06) with a
month string (JUNE). Things work OK up to a point - when I use the
following code to get the string value, the result reads JUNE06
rather than just plain old JUNE. It looks as if, the string val is
concatenated to the numeric month val. Somebody's book told me that
this was the
way to go, but it look like I went up the wrong path.
This is part of a larger xml to fo style sheet. I'm using Saxon
6.5.5. This shouldn't be a problem, but I'm doing something wrong.
<xsl:variable name="date" select="document('http://xobjex.com/cgi-bin/
date.pl')/date"/>
<xsl:text>LAST REVISED: </xsl:text>
<xsl:variable name="month" select="$date/utc/month"/>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$month = 01">January</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month = 02">February</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month = 03">March</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month = 04">April</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month = 05">May</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month = 06">June</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month = 07">July</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month = 08">August</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month = 09">September</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month = 10">October</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month = 11">November</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month = 12">December</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>INVALID MONTH</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
<xsl:value-of select="$month"/>
<xsl:text>/</xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="$date/utc/year"/>
Thanks in advance....
------ bob wilkins -----
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