Re: [xsl] Apache FOP 0.94 and current-date() current-time()

[Kamal Bhatt <kbhatt@xxxxxxxxx>]

You have a couple of options:

* "FOP" (actually Xalan) supports java calls. The syntax is horrible, 
but it will give you access to the Date class, which is what you need 
[1]. Not recommended unless you know what you are doing.
* You could pass the date in as a parameter to the XSLT.
* Do as Micheal suggests and use Saxon.
* Try using the date extension [2]. Don't know if Fop 0.94 supports this.

You haven't said if you are embedding FOP or calling in the command 
line. I would recommend starting by giving the date extension a go.

[1] http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/xmljava/chapters/ch17s03.html
[2] http://www.exslt.org/date/functions/date/index.html
> Hello,
>
> We are using Apache FOP 0.94, and would like to display the current
> system date and time at the bottom of each page.
> We tried <xsl:value-of select="current-date()"/> and <xsl:value-of
> select="current-time()"/>.
> Unfortunately, the Apache FOP error message is: could not find function:
> current-date.
> Whereas Saxon9 can easily carry out this transformation (but not the
> formatting).
>
> What would be the best strategy? to continue using Apache FOP, but to
> display the current-date() and current-time().
>
> Thank you,
>
> Linas
>
>
>   


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Kamal Bhatt