[xsl] Sorting date format

["V.Ramkumar" <v.ramkumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi List,

How to sort the date field. Please see below and provide solution.

XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
    <date>07/12/07</date>
    <date>11/12/06</date>
    <date>10/12/05</date>
    <date>21/02/05</date>
</root>

XSL:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
version="2.0">
<xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>

    <xsl:template match="/">
    <xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="root">
        <xsl:for-each select="date">
            <xsl:sort select="." order="ascending" data-type="text"
/><xsl:copy-of select="."/>
        </xsl:for-each>
    </xsl:template>
    
</xsl:stylesheet>

Required Output:

    <date>21/02/05</date>
    <date>10/12/05</date>
    <date>11/12/06</date>
    <date>07/12/07</date>

Regards,
Ramkumar