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karen.wilson

04 Aug, 2015 07:32 PM

I'm using the format-date xslt you provided to include in some of my xslt stylesheets. There are 3 different template names...format-date, format-date-string, format-calendar-string. I've used "format-date" for a date that's structured like "Jul 29, 2015 1:00 AM". What types of date formats are used for format-date-string and format-calendar-string?

Karen Wilson
Web Designer
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
(580) 774-6147
[email blocked]<mailto:[email blocked]>

1. 1 Posted by Ryan Griffith on 06 Aug, 2015 07:49 PM

   

   Hi Karen,

   You can see the definition of these templates here and here. To summarize:

   • format-date-string expects a string that is of a date format. This template will call a Xalan JavaSript function that uses Date.parse in the background, which attempts to parse the string into a JavaScript Date object.
   • format-calendar-string expects a string from a calendar Data Definition field. These fields generate a string in the format of MM-dd-yyyy (eg 08-06-2015).

   Please let me know if you have any questions.

   Thanks!

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2. 2 Posted by karen.wilson on 06 Aug, 2015 08:10 PM

   

   Thank you.

   Karen Wilson
   Web Designer
   Southwestern Oklahoma State University
   (580) 774-6147
   [email blocked]<mailto:[email blocked]>

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3. 3 Posted by Ryan Griffith on 06 Aug, 2015 08:21 PM

   

   Not a problem at all, Karen, I am glad to hear my summary of the two templates helped clarify things.

   I'm going to go ahead and close this discussion, please feel free to comment or reply to re-open if you have any additional questions.

   Have a great day!

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4. Ryan Griffith closed this discussion on 06 Aug, 2015 08:21 PM.