fn:timezone-from-date
The timezone portion of a date
Description
The fn:timezone-from-date function returns the time zone of an xs:date value, offset from UTC, as an xs:dayTimeDuration value between -PT14H and PT14H. If the time zone is UTC, the value PT0H is returned.
This description is © Copyright 2007, Priscilla Walmsley. It is excerpted from the book XQuery by Priscilla Walmsley, O'Reilly, 2007. For a complete explanation of this function, please refer to Appendix A of the book.
Arguments and Return Type
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
$arg |
xs:date? |
| return value | xs:dayTimeDuration? |
Examples
| XPath Example | Results | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
timezone-from-date(
xs:date('2006-08-15-05:00')) |
-PT5H |
|
timezone-from-date(
xs:date('2006-08-15')) |
() |
regardless of the implicit time zone |
See Also
| fn:timezone-from-time | The timezone portion of a time |
| fn:timezone-from-dateTime | The timezone portion of a date/time |
| functx:timezone-from-duration | Converts an xs:dayTimeDuration into a timezone like "-05:00" or "Z" |
History
| Published On | Last Updated | Contributor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2006-06-27 | 2007-02-26 | W3C, XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators, http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-functions/ |
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