Re: [xsl] date formatting function

[Bruce D'Arcus <bdarcus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sep 21, 2004, at 4:48 AM, Michael Kay wrote:

> You seem to be asking how to divide the code you need to write between 
> two templates/functions, when both options you present are perfectly 
> viable.

I guess I wanted to know if I was headed down the right road, and you 
seem to be saying "maybe."

I guess my question, given what I want to do, is how should I construct 
the function; as a single function -- let's call it 
bib:format-month-day -- that when called takes any 
YYYY/YYYY-MM/YYYY-MM-DD string and returns the formatted date (with 
parameter for whether months are rendered as full or abbreviated)?

That's where I was headed.  But if that's sensible, I'm not sure how to 
actually code it; .e.g. what goes inside the "when" below:

     <xsl:when test="$date castable as xs:gYearMonth">
       ...
     </xsl:when>

Or, more specifically, how do I take the statement 
"xs:date(concat($date, '-01'))" and then use format-date on it?

Bruce