
fn:format-dateTime( $value as xs:dateTime, $picture as xs:string, [$language as xs:string], [$calendar as xs:string], [$country as xs:string] ) as xs:string
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.
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
| value | 
     The given dateTime $value that needs to be formatted.
    | 
	    
| picture | 
     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.
    | 
	    
| language | 
     The desired language for string representation of the dateTime
     $value.
    | 
	    
| calendar | The only calendar supported at this point is "Gregorian" or "AD". | 
| country | $country is used the specification to take into account country specific string representation. | 
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:format-dateTime(fn:current-dateTime(),
                 "[Y01]/[M01]/[D01] [H01]:[m01]:[s01]:[f01]")
   =>
   14/12/05 10:37:25:63
   fn:format-dateTime(fn:current-dateTime(),
                 "[Y0001]/[M01]/[D01] [H01]:[m01]:[s01]:[f01]","en","AD","US")
   =>
   2014/12/05 10:40:02:16
 
 
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