$date-date-format

$date-date-format, $date-dateTime-format

$date-date-format, $date-dateTime-format — Format strings for dates and dateTimes.

Parameter:

{}date-date-format

{}date-dateTime-format

Defined in:

param.xsl (2)

Used in:

main.xsl, param.xsl

Synopsis

  |$date-date-format := '[D01] [MNn,*-3] [Y0001]'

  |$date-dateTime-format := '[H01]:[m01] [D01] [MNn,*-3] [Y0001]'

Description

The most convenient format for storing dates that will be machine processed: sorted, indexed, etc, is ISO 8601. When publishing these dates, it’s often desirable to use a different format, one more familiar to readers.

A pubdate that conforms to an ISO 8601 date (“yyyy-mm-dd”) will be formatted with the $date-date-format; one that conforms to an ISO 8601 dateTime (“yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss”) will be formatted with the $date-dateTime-format.