Question

I’m using XSLT 1.0 and need to convert a date format from dd/mm/yyyy to Month yyyy, e.g. January 2011.

Could anyone provide a sample for this? I can find examples for XSLT 2.0 but I’m using 1.0.

Thanks,
Colin.

Answer 1

Use:

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
                xmlns:ext="metadata">
  <xsl:output method="text"/>

  <ext:months>
    <month>January</month>
    <month>February</month>
    <month>March</month>
    <month>April</month>
    <month>May</month>
    <month>June</month>
    <month>July</month>
    <month>August</month>
    <month>September</month>
    <month>October</month>
    <month>November</month>
    <month>December</month>
  </ext:months>

  <xsl:variable name="date">23/02/2012</xsl:variable>

  <xsl:template match="/">
    <xsl:value-of select="concat(document('')
                  //month[number(substring($date, 4, 2))], 
                  ' ', 
                  substring($date, 7, 4))"/>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>