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example.xslt
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" exclude-result-prefixes="xs">
<xsl:param name="date">2013-11-04+11:00</xsl:param>
<xsl:param name="time">16:09:24.123+11:00</xsl:param>
<xsl:variable name="dateTime" select="concat($date,'T',$time)"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<body>
<h1>Formatting Dates with XSLT 2.0</h1>
<p>Date: <xsl:value-of select="$date"/>
</p>
<p>Time: <xsl:value-of select="$time"/>
</p>
<p>DateTime: <xsl:value-of select="$dateTime"/>
</p>
<br/>
<br/>
<table border="1">
<tr>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Code</th>
<th>Result</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>XML Format</td>
<td>
<pre>n/a</pre>
</td>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="$date"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>YYYYMMDD</td>
<td>
<pre>format-date($date,'[Y0001][M01][D01]')</pre>
</td>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="format-date($date,'[Y0001][M01][D01]')"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>In English</td>
<td>
<pre>format-date($date,'The [D1o] of [MNn], [YWw]')</pre>
</td>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="format-date($date,'The [D1o] of [MNn], [YWw]')"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Auf Deutsch</td>
<td>
<pre>format-date($date,'[D1o] [MNn] [Y0001]','de','AD','DE')</pre>
</td>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="format-date($date,'[D1o] [MNn] [Y0001]','de','AD','DE')"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Roman</td>
<td>
<pre>format-date($date,'[Di] [MI] [YI]')</pre>
</td>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="format-date($date,'[Di] [MI] [YI]')"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Long example</td>
<td>
<pre>format-date($date,'The [D1o] day of [MNn] in [Y0001] [E] is the [d1o] day of the year.')</pre>
</td>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="format-date($date,'The [D1o] day of [MNn] in [Y0001] [E] is the [d1o] day of the year.')"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
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functions.xslt
format-date(current-date(), '[M01]/[D01]/[Y0001]') = 09/19/2013
format-time(current-time(), '[H01]:[m01] [z]') = 09:26 GMT+10
format-dateTime(current-dateTime(), '[h1]:[m01] [P] on [MNn] [D].') = 9:26 a.m. on September 19.
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output.html
<html>
<body>
<h1>Formatting Dates with XSLT 2.0</h1>
<p>Date: 2013-11-04+11:00</p>
<p>Time: 16:09:24.123+11:00</p>
<p>DateTime: 2013-11-04+11:00T16:09:24.123+11:00</p><br><br><table border="1">
<tr>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Code</th>
<th>Result</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>XML Format</td>
<td><pre>n/a</pre></td>
<td>2013-11-04+11:00</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>YYYYMMDD</td>
<td><pre>format-date($date,'[Y0001][M01][D01]')</pre></td>
<td>20131104</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>In English</td>
<td><pre>format-date($date,'The [D1o] of [MNn], [YWw]')</pre></td>
<td>The 4th of November, Two Thousand and Thirteen</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Auf Deutsch</td>
<td><pre>format-date($date,'[D1o] [MNn] [Y0001]','de','AD','DE')</pre></td>
<td>4. November 2013</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Roman</td>
<td><pre>format-date($date,'[Di] [MI] [YI]')</pre></td>
<td>iv XI MMXIII</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Long example</td>
<td><pre>format-date($date,'The [D1o] day of [MNn] in [Y0001] [E] is the [d1o] day of the year.')</pre></td>
<td>The 4th day of November in 2013 AD is the 308th day of the year.</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
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Very nice example, but I am missing the xml to generate the output above. Would be quite helpful to xml noobs like me.

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