# EXSLT - date:date

Implementer Page: date.date.html Function Package: date.date.zip #### Function Syntax
    string date:date(string?)
#### Template Syntax
    <xsl:call-template name="date:date">
       <xsl:with-param name="date-time" select="string" />?
    </xsl:call-template>
The `date:date` function returns the date specified in the date/time string given as the argument. If no argument is given, then the current local date/time, as returned by `date:date-time` is used as a default argument. The date/time string specified as an argument must be a string in the format defined as the lexical representation of either `xs:dateTime` in [3.2.7 dateTime] or `xs:date` in [3.2.9 date] of [XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes]. If the argument is not in either of these formats, `date:date` returns an empty string (`''`). The date/time format is basically `CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss`, although implementers should consult [XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes] and [ISO 8601] for details. The date is returned as a string with a lexical representation as defined for `xs:date` in [3.2.9 date] of [XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes]. The date format is basically `CCYY-MM-DD`, although implementers should consult [XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes] and [ISO 8601] for details. If no argument is given or the argument date/time specifies a time zone, then the date string format must include a time zone, either a `Z` to indicate Coordinated Universal Time or a `+` or `-` followed by the difference between the difference from UTC represented as `hh:mm`. If an argument is specified and it does not specify a time zone, then the date string format must not include a time zone. ## Implementations The following XSLT processors support `date:date`: SAXON from Michael Kay (version 6.4.2) Xalan-J from Apache (version 2.4.D1) 4XSLT, from 4Suite. (version 0.12.0a3) libxslt from Daniel Veillard et al. (version 1.0.19) Implementations of `date:date` are available in the following languages: EXSLT Function (by Jeni Tennison) XSLT Template (by Jeni Tennison) Javascript (by Chris Bayes) Msxsl (by Chris Bayes)

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