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fn:format-date

Format a date

Description

The fn:format-date function formats $value as a string using the picture string specified by $picture, the calendar specified by the $calendar argument, the language specified by the $language argument, and the country specified by the $country argument. The syntax of the picture string is described in section 16.5.1 of the XSLT 2.0 recommendation. Although the last three arguments are optional, if you specify one you must specify all three (but you can pass the empty sequence.) Note: this is an XSLT-only function; it is not available in XQuery or XPath.

Arguments and Return Type

Name	Type
`$value`	`xs:date?`
`$picture`	`xs:string`
`$language`	`xs:string?`
`$calendar`	`xs:string?`
`$country`	`xs:string?`
return value	`xs:string?`

Examples

XSLT Example	Results
*See the example from the XSLT 2.0 recommendation.*

fn:format-dateTime	Format a date/time
fn:format-time	Format a time
functx:day-of-week-name-en	The name of the day of the week, from a date, in English
functx:day-of-week-abbrev-en	The abbreviated day of the week, from a date, in English
functx:month-name-en	The month of a date as a word (January, February, etc.)
functx:month-abbrev-en	The month of a date as an abbreviated word (Jan, Feb, etc.)

History

Published On	Last Updated	Contributor(s)
2007-03-17	2007-03-17	W3C, XSLT 2.0, http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt20/

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