Formats the date using a pattern.
NAMESPACE
xmlns:AS="http://schema.advantages.cz/AsapFunctions"
SYNTAX
string FormatDate(string date, string format)
PARAMETERS
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| date | Date to be formatted. |
| format | Formatting pattern. See .NET Custom Format Strings for available patterns. |
REMARKS
Formatting is always done using the logged-in user’s locale.
EXAMPLE
This example formats a date for US English style.
Source XML
<ROOT>
<test date="2012-03-23"/>
</ROOT>
Stylesheet
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0"
xmlns:AS="http://schema.advantages.cz/AsapFunctions"
xmlns:date="http://exslt.org/dates-and-times" exclude-result-prefixes="AS date">
<xsl:template match="/">
<test test="{concat('The date is ', AS:FormatDate(/ROOT/test/@date, 'MM\/dd\/yyyy'))}"/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>