Re: [xsl] Computing Number of Days between Two Dates in XSLT 1.0

["Mukul Gandhi" <gandhi.mukul@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think you will be pleased to know, that these kind of operations
have become much simpler with XSLT 2.0.

The following is equivalent XSLT 2.0 code:

<xsl:variable name="date1" select="xs:date('2000-02-25')" />
<xsl:variable name="date2" select="xs:date('2007-05-26')" />

<xsl:value-of select="$date2 - $date1" />

(where xs is bound to namespace URI http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema)

On 2/15/07, Mukul Gandhi <gandhi.mukul@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I just now tried the EXSLT date:difference template (after downloading
> date.difference.zip from
> http://www.exslt.org/date/functions/difference/index.html), and it
> seems to work as you want.
>
> I tried this code:
>
> <xsl:variable name="date1" select="'2000-02-25'" />
> <xsl:variable name="date2" select="'2007-05-26'" />
>
> <xsl:call-template name="date:difference">
>   <xsl:with-param name="start" select="$date1" />
>   <xsl:with-param name="end" select="$date2" />
> </xsl:call-template>
>
> I get the answer -> P2646D
>
> I always get the answer in number of days (I tried with different
> dates). I think, this is what you want.
>
> On 2/15/07, Roger L. Cauvin <roger@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I am looking for an XSLT 1.0 template that computes the number of days
> > between two dates.  I don't want to reinvent the wheel, but I was unable to
> > find such a template browsing around in Google.  Can anyone post or point me
> > to one?
> >
> > I know there is an EXSLT date:difference template that computes the duration
> > between two dates, but it can include years and months.  It is not a trivial
> > task converting these components of a duration to the number of days, as I
> > would have to take into account leap years and the different number of days
> > in each month.
> >
> > --
> > Roger L. Cauvin
> > r o g e r @ c a u v i n . o r g
> > http://cauvin.blogspot.com


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Regards,
Mukul Gandhi