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functx:date

Construct a date from a year, month and day

Description

The functx:date function constructs an xs:date value from arguments representing the year, month and day. The arguments can have any type that can be cast to xs:integer. If the combination does not result in a valid date (e.g. the day is 32 or the month is 13), an error is raised.

Arguments and Return Type

Name	Type	Description
`$year`	`xs:anyAtomicType`	the year
`$month`	`xs:anyAtomicType`	the month
`$day`	`xs:anyAtomicType`	the day
return value	`xs:date`

XSLT Function Declaration

See XQuery definition.

<xsl:function name="functx:date" as="xs:date"
              xmlns:functx="http://www.functx.com">
  <xsl:param name="year" as="xs:anyAtomicType"/>
  <xsl:param name="month" as="xs:anyAtomicType"/>
  <xsl:param name="day" as="xs:anyAtomicType"/>

  <xsl:sequence select="
   xs:date(
     concat(
       functx:pad-integer-to-length(xs:integer($year),4),'-',
       functx:pad-integer-to-length(xs:integer($month),2),'-',
       functx:pad-integer-to-length(xs:integer($day),2)))
 "/>

</xsl:function>