RE: [xsl] Calender support

["tom tom" <tomxsllist@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Both these produce the same output as does the example I provided. They are 
in arabic but it is still using the Christian calender - ie the current year 
in the islamic calender is not 2006.


> From: cknell@xxxxxxxxxx
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> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [xsl] Calender support
> Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 11:33:28 -0400
>
> When I look at the signature of the format-date() function I see this 
> format:
>
> format-date(date, picture, language, calendar, country)
>
> with the latter three arguments being optional.
>
> Looking at your use:
> format-date(current-date(), '[Y١] [Mn] [D١]', 'Islamic', 'SH', 
> 'SH'),
>
> The "date" part is OK.
>
> I can't tell anything about the picture parts. It seems I don't have the 
> correct code page to display the Arabic script. Do you have the correct 
> code page on your computer and is the "encoding" attribute set correctly on 
> the xsl:output element?
>
> According to my (very little) research, what's needed in the "language" 
> argument is a two-letter ISO code for the language. "Islamic" is definitely 
> not that. The "SH" in the calendar and country positions gives me a clue 
> that you may want Farsi as the language, in which case the language code 
> should be "fa". If you want the Arabic alphabet, set the language code to 
> "ar"
>
> Try this:
>
> format-date(current-date(), '[Y١] [Mn] [D١]', 'fa', 'SH', 'SH')
> or
> format-date(current-date(), '[Y١] [Mn] [D١]', 'ar', 'SH', 
> 'SH'),
>
> Please remember that I'm not offering any advice regarding the "picture", 
> as I don't have the code page on my system that would display the 
> characters correctly.
>
> --
> Charles Knell
> cknell@xxxxxxxxxx - email
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:     tom tom <tomxsllist@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent:     Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:25:04 +0100
> To:       xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  [xsl] Calender support
>
> I wish to convert a date from the Christian calender to the Hijri (Islamic)
> calender. I am using XSLT 2.0 with Saxon 8. I have tried various
> permutations and differences of the following:
>
> <xsl:sequence select="format-date(current-date(), '[Y&#1633;] [Mn]
> [D&#1633;]', 'Islamic', 'SH', 'SH')"/>
>
> This prints the year and day in arabic but remains in the Christian
> calender. The character &#1633; doesn't seem to work with [Mn] either. Can
> anyone advise what I should be doing here? Does Saxon support the arabic
> calender and does it support other calenders?
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom
>
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