MarkLogic 9 Product Documentationfn.formatDate
fn.formatDate( value as Date, picture as String, [language as String], [calendar as String], [country as String] ) as String
Summary
Returns a formatted date 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 date $value that needs to be formatted.
|
| picture |
The desired string representation of the given date $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 date
$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. |
Usage Notes
Dates before October 15, 1582 (the start of the Gregorian calendar) will not return the correct date value.
Example
fn.formatDate(fn.currentDate(),
"[Y01]/[M01]/[D01]")
=>
14/12/05
fn.formatDate(fn.currentDate(),
"[Y0001]/[M01]/[D01]","en","AD","US")
=>
2014/12/05