Thanks Martin. I have to say, you have very strong knowledge about XML. i 
have two more questions, first i m using Java base parser so can i use 
Microsoft stuff, second according to your reply you give me the following 
code;
<xsl:value-of
     xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"
     select="msxsl:format-date('2001-03-06', 'MMMM dd, yyyy', 'en-US')"/>

how do i call the date element's data, e.g i m doing 
<xsl:template match="Date">
   <xsl:value-of select="." />
</xsl:template>

would you plz explain me with example, i really appreciate your help. thanks





"Martin Honnen" wrote:

> kamkaro wrote:
> > Hi , i am having problem to convert date (20010306) to (March 06,2001).
> > Actually, In my xml file i have <date> 20010306</date> and would like to 
> > display March 06,2001. Is anybody help me out plz. i really appreciate that. 
> 
> If you have an XSD date in the form of 2001-03-06 then with MSXML (4 and 
> later) and with XslCompiledTransform you can use e.g.
> 
>    <xsl:value-of
>      xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"
>      select="msxsl:format-date('2001-03-06', 'MMMM dd, yyyy', 'en-US')"/>
> 
> So consider storing your dates in the yyyy-mm-dd format to be able to 
> use the format-date function. If you use yyyymmdd then you first need to 
> convert it to yyyy-mm-dd.
> 
> -- 
> 
> 	Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
> 	http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/
>