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
XPath 3.1 Functions and Operators
Notes on the Saxon implementation
See format-dateTime.