"tom" == tom tom <tomxsllist(_at_)hotmail(_dot_)com> writes:
tom> Hi all, I wish to calculate the time in another timezone, to
tom> acheive this I am using the following structure:
tom> <xsl:sequence
tom> select="adjust-time-to-timezone(xs:time('10:00:00-04:00'),
tom> xdt:dayTimeDuration('PT4H'))"/>
tom> which returns 18:00:00+04:00.
tom> 1. According to http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-datamodel/
tom> xs:dayTimeDuration is a type defined in the
tom> http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema namespace. Why, then, can I
tom> only get this to work in the
tom> http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-datatypes namespace when using
tom> Saxon 8?
Because the namespace has only recently changed, and the version of
Saxon you are using does not reflect that change yet.
tom> 2. Why do I need to declare the datatype atall given that the
tom> function is expecting a dayTime Duration datatype, ie why can
tom> I just use:
tom> <xsl:sequence
tom> select="adjust-time-to-timezone(xs:time('10:00:00-04:00'),
tom> PT4H)"/> ?
Because PT4H is a step expression, not a literal.
tom> 3. Am I unwise to be using this functionality until these
tom> standards become recommendations?
No. You just have to be prepared to make the occaisional change.
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Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire
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