[xsl] Parse a date - exslt:parse-date in Saxon 6

I'm doing DocBook transformations using Saxon 6.

I have some dates in my original document in variable formats which I want to 
convert to a standard format.  I would expect to do this using some sort of 
parse function, then some sort of format function.

The parser will probably need a hint as to what the format is (I know it will 
be one of a variety of UK formats, not US format).



I can see that a suitable parser function (parse-date) is defined in Exslt but 
it isn't clear whether it is already available to me or how to get it into use 
if not.  Actually according to the exslt documentation it is definitely not 
available in any XSLT processor but there are JavaScript and Msxsl 
implementations available.



Can someone advise how I can get this to work ?

Can I get Saxon 6 to call a JavaScript function ?



Trying it following the explanation on the Exslt site, which includes:



   <func:script implements-prefix="date"
      language="exslt:javascript"
      src="date.js" />

gives me a message "Unknown Saxon extension element: script".





Regards,

Richard.








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