"Rob W" <Whllrob@a...> wrote in message
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> Greetings again,
>
> My schema consists of an element called deliverydatetime which is a string
> (due to require the exact formatting of dd/mm/yy hh:mm) regular pattern
> attached to this is:-
>
>
((31/(0[13578]|1[02])/(\d{2}))|((0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)/(0[13456789]|1[012])/(\d{
2}))|((0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])/02/(\d{2}))|(29/02/((0[048]|[2468][048]|[13579][26
]))))(([01]\d)|(2[0-3])):[0-5]\d
>
> This will always be the current correct time for the United Kingdom i.e.
> GMT/BST(GMT+1)
>
> However in my XML is an optional field called timezone , if present based
on
> customer type then has the values (GMT+1, GMT+2, GMT+3) if these are
> present I would like to modify the value in XSL of the deliverydatetime
> string.
>
> It will add a value onto the hh (hour) part of the string.
>
> I feel I may have chosen the wrong element types to work with, however I
> couldn't understand XML own timezone functions, lost me completely.
>
> Can anyone suggest a way forward?
>

XML doesn't have any timezone functions.  XML is just the data.  If you need
to mutate that data you need program code to do that.  What language are you
using?


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