fn.formatDateTime

fn.formatdatetimefnformatdatetime

/apidoc/8.0/fn:format-dateTime.xml

Returns a formatted dateTime value based on the picture argument. This is an XSLT function, and it is available in XSLT, XQuery 1.0-ml, and Server-Side JavaScript.

The given dateTime $value that needs to be formatted.

value

Date

The desired string representation of the given dateTime $value. The picture string is a sequence of characters, in which the characters represent variables such as, decimal-separator-sign, grouping-sign, zero-digit-sign, digit-sign, pattern-separator, percent sign and per-mille-sign. For details on the picture string, see http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt20/#date-picture-string.

picture

String

The desired language for string representation of the dateTime $value.

language

String

The only calendar supported at this point is "Gregorian" or "AD".

calendar

String

$country is used the specification to take into account country specific string representation.

country

String

Dates before October 15, 1582 (the start of the Gregorian calendar) will not return the correct dateTime value.

If the specified picture string includes a fractional second width that is seven or more decimal places, then the fractional seconds are truncated (not rounded) on the seventh and greater width.

   fn.formatDateTime(fn.currentDateTime(),
                 "[Y01]/[M01]/[D01] [H01]:[m01]:[s01]:[f01]")
   =>
   14/12/05 10:37:25:63

  fn.formatDateTime(fn.currentDateTime(),
                 "[Y0001]/[M01]/[D01] [H01]:[m01]:[s01]:[f01]","en","AD","US")
   =>
   2014/12/05 10:40:02:16