Re: [xsl] Retrieving the date of processing

[Daniel Bibbens <dbibbens@xxxxxxxxxx>]

David.Pawson@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> Not thinking. If you are using xslt 2.0 you already
> have access to the date and time. Sorry.
>
> Xslt 1.0
>
>  <h1>On the third stroke it will be <xsl:value-of
> select="document('http://xobjex.com/cgi-bin/date.pl')"/></h1>
> gives:
>
> On the third stroke it will be Thu Aug 19 00:14:27 20042004819014274
>
> Substrings will work that out, though GMT might make it easier.
>
> regards DaveP

I have modified the output of the URL
'http://xobjex.com/cgi-bin/date.pl' to produce timezones (local, and
utc), a XML Schema friendly stamp, and component data for each
date. Like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<date>
  <local tz="PDT" stamp="2004-08-20T17:40:47">
    <year>2004</year>
    <month>08</month>
    <day>20</day>
    <hour>17</hour>
    <minute>40</minute>
    <second>47</second>
  </local>
  <utc tz="GMT" stamp="2004-08-21T00:40:47">
    <year>2004</year>
    <month>08</month>
    <day>21</day>
    <hour>00</hour>
    <minute>40</minute>
    <second>47</second>
  </utc>
</date>

So, David, you'll want to use it in a manner similar to these examples:

<xsl:variable 
 name="date" 
 select="document('http://xobjex.com/cgi-bin/date.pl)/date"/>

<xsl:variable
 name="stamp"
 select="$date/utc/@stamp"/>

<!-- produces: On the third stroke it will be 2004-08-21T00:40:47 -->
<h1>
  On the third stroke it will be
  <xsl:value-of select="$stamp"/>
</h1>

<!-- produces: In Santa Monica, California, the sun set 
     at 7:34 PM PDT today. -->
<p>
  <xsl:text>In Santa Monica, California, the sun set at 7:34 PM </xsl:text>
  <xsl:value-of select="$date/local/@tz"/>
  <xsl:text> today.</xsl:text>
</p>

<!-- produces: The date in London is 21-08-2004. -->
<p>
  <xsl:text>The date in London is </xsl:text>
  <xsl:value-of select="concat(
		$date/utc/day, '-', 
		$date/utc/month, '-', 
		$date/utc/year
		)"/>
  <xsl:text>.</xsl:text>
</p>

<!-- produces: The date in Santa Monica is 20-08-2004. -->
<p>
  <xsl:text>The date in London is </xsl:text>
  <xsl:value-of select="concat(
		$date/local/day, '-', 
		$date/local/month, '-', 
		$date/local/year
		)"/>
  <xsl:text>.</xsl:text>
</p>

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