RE: date difference problem

Ohh
Thanks Jeni.

How can I do such a silly mistake :-((

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeni Tennison [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 04 November 2003 14:39
To: Bhushan Bhangale
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [exslt] date difference problem


Hi Bhushan,

> I used the date difference template to get the difference between 2
> dates. I read the whole doc but the template output is not what it
> should be. Below is the call template syntax I used.
>
> <xsl:call-template name="date:difference">   
>     <xsl:with-param name="start" select="2003-12-31" />   
>     <xsl:with-param name="end" select="2003-12-04" />
> </xsl:call-template>
>
> The output should be -P0Y0M27D
>
> But the output is P27Y

You've missed out the quotes around the dates. The values of the
select attributes are being evaluated. 2003 - 12 - 31 is 1960, and
2003 - 12 - 4 is 1987. These are interpreted as xs:gYear values, and
there's a gap of 27 years between 1960 and 1987.

If you add quotes, so that the call is:

<xsl:call-template name="date:difference">
  <xsl:with-param name="start" select="'2003-12-31'" />
  <xsl:with-param name="end" select="'2003-12-04'" />
</xsl:call-template>

then the template will give you the difference between the dates
2003-12-31 and 2003-12-04, and return -P27D, as you expect.

Cheers,

Jeni

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Jeni Tennison
http://www.jenitennison.com/


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