fn:format-date

format-date($value as xs:date?, $picture as xs:string) ➔ xs:string?

Formats a date, using a format controlled by the picture string. The result is equivalent to the 5-argument form of the function, with the third, fourth, and fifth arguments set to an empty sequence.

Arguments

 

$value

xs:date?

The date to be formatted

 

$picture

xs:string

Picture showing how the date is to be formatted

Result

xs:string?

format-date($value as xs:date?, $picture as xs:string, $language as xs:string?, $calendar as xs:string?, $place as xs:string?) ➔ xs:string?

Formats a date, using a format controlled by the picture string.

Arguments

 

$value

xs:date?

The date to be formatted

 

$picture

xs:string

Picture showing how the date is to be formatted

 

$language

xs:string?

The language for the output

 

$calendar

xs:string?

The calendar for the output

 

$place

xs:string?

The country or Olson timezone associated with the event

Result

xs:string?

Namespace

http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions

Links to W3C specifications

XPath 3.0 Functions and Operators

XSLT 2.0 Specification

Notes on the Saxon implementation

See format-dateTime.

See also:

fn:format-dateTime()