Re: Corrections to the date.msxsl.xsl module

Bruce Rindahl wrote:

> To everyone using the dates-times module in IE there is a bug in the
> date:seconds module.
>
> The old code is:
>
>  
>
> function seconds(){//
>
>             if (arguments.length > 0){
>
>                         var oDate;
>
>                         if ((oDate = _validDate(arguments[0],
> "xs:dateTime")) ||
>
>                                     (oDate = _validDate(arguments[0],
> "xs:date")) ||
>
>                                     (oDate = _validDate(arguments[0],
> "xs:gYearMonth")) ||
>
>                                     (oDate = _validDate(arguments[0],
> "xs:gYear"))
>
>                                     )
>
>                                     return oDate.valueOf()/1000;
>
>                         else
>
>                                     if (oDate =
> _validDuration(arguments[0]))
>
>                                                 return oDate.Seconds();
>
>                                     else
>
>                                                 return Number.NaN;
>
>             }else
>
>                         return Math.floor(new
> Date().valueOf()/1000);//current local date/time
>
> }
>
>  
>
> The correct code should be:
>
>  
>
> function seconds(){//
>
>             if (arguments.length > 0){
>
>                         var oDate;
>
>                         if ((oDate = _validDate(arguments[0],
> "xs:dateTime")) ||
>
>                                     (oDate = _validDate(arguments[0],
> "xs:date")) ||
>
>                                     (oDate = _validDate(arguments[0],
> "xs:gYearMonth")) ||
>
>                                     (oDate = _validDate(arguments[0],
> "xs:gYear"))
>
>                                     )
>
>                                     return oDate.valueOf()/1000;
>
>                         else
>
>                                     if (oDate =
> _validDuration(arguments[0]))
>
>                                                 if
> (arguments[0].charAt(0) != '-')
>
>                                                             return
> oDate.Seconds()/1000;
>
>                                                 else
>
>                                                             return
> oDate.Seconds()/(-1000);
>
>  
>
>                                     else
>
>                                                 return Number.NaN;
>
>             }else
>
>                         return Math.floor(new
> Date().valueOf()/1000);//current local date/time
>
> }
>
>  
>
> This corrects two bugs.  The first is the function returned the value
> in milliseconds if you called it with a duration value.  The second is
> the function always returned a positive value even with a negative
> duration.  Both of these are corrected with the code above.
>

thx for this, just putting finishing touches on new exslt distro, will
fold this in today.

cheers, Jim Fuller

>  
>
> Hope this helps!
>
>  
>
> Bruce
>
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