Like all other functions, you can call this anywhere within an XPath
expression. Since the output is likely to be written straight to the result
tree, it's most likely to be called in the select expression of
<xsl:value-of>.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruso, John [mailto:jbruso@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 02 August 2005 23:00
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [xsl] Standard Date/Time Publication Functions in XSL??
> 
> Michael,
> 
> Can elaborate on format-date()? 
> 
> I want to use this expression:
> 
> http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt20/#function-format-date
> 
> format-date($d, "[D1o] [MNn], [Y]", "en", (), ())
> 
> But I am unsure how to format it in the XSL.
> 
> <xsl:function name="format-date">
> ??
> </xsl:function>
> 
> Thanks for the clarification.
> 
> 
> John
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Kay [mailto:mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 11:35 AM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [xsl] Standard Date/Time Publication Functions in XSL??
> 
> > 
> > Is there a way to publish the Date in XSL?
> > 
> > Like: Wednesday, July 23 2005
> > 
> 
> In XSLT 2.0: yes - format-date()
> 
> In XSLT 1.0: no, other than by use of extensions such as those at
> www.exslt.org
> 
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/