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FunctX XSLT Functions

fn:current-date

The current date

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Description

The fn:current-date function takes no parameters, and returns the current date, with time zone. The time zone is implementation-dependent.

This description is © Copyright 2007, Priscilla Walmsley. It is excerpted from the book XQuery by Priscilla Walmsley, O'Reilly, 2007. For a complete explanation of this function, please refer to Appendix A of the book.

Arguments and Return Type

NameType
return value xs:date

Examples

XPath ExampleResults
current-date()
2006-04-10-05:00

See Also

fn:current-dateTimeThe current date/time
fn:current-timeThe current time

History

Published OnLast UpdatedContributor(s)
2006-06-272007-02-26W3C, XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators, http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-functions/
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