timestamp with xslt

[Thomas Mann]

Hi,

how can I make my XSLT-stylesheet insert a timestamp (date/time) into the
output file ?

Regards
Thomas

 

[Martin Honnen]

how can I make my XSLT-stylesheet insert a timestamp (date/time) into the
output file ?

With XSLT 1.0 you need to define a global parameter e.g.
<xslaram name="now" />
and set that parameter before the transformation. How you set parameters
depends on the XSLT processor you use.

 

[Thomas Mann]

What about XSLT 2 ? Would that be an easier way to go ?

 

[Martin Honnen]

What about XSLT 2 ? Would that be an easier way to go ?

XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0 are under development, it currently defines
http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery-operators/#func-current-dateTime
a function to get at the current dateTime and current date so once XSLT
2.0 and XPath 2.0 are recommendations you are likely able to use those
functions in a stylesheet.

 

[Klaus Johannes Rusch]

how can I make my XSLT-stylesheet insert a timestamp (date/time) into the
output file ?

With current XSLT processors extension functions are required, for
example with Xalan-J you can use Java methods to format the timestamp:

<xsl:template name="dateformat">
<xslaram name="dateformat">yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ</xslaram>
<xsl:variable name="tz" select='java:java.util.SimpleTimeZone.new(0,
"GMT+00:00")' />
<xsl:variable name="formatter"
select="java:java.text.SimpleDateFormat.new($dateformat)"/>
<xsl:variable name="settz" select="java:setTimeZone($formatter, $tz)" />
<xsl:variable name="date" select="java:java.util.Date.new()"/>
<xsl:value-of select="java:format($formatter, $date)" />
</xsl:template>