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RE: Compare Dates
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- Subject: RE: [xsl] Compare Dates
- From: "Michael Kay" <mhkay at iclway dot co dot uk>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 10:55:29 +0100
- Reply-To: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
> I want to compare two dates to find out which comes first.
> 2000-12-19
> What I donīt want to do is to compare each number, if I validate the
> formate is there a XSL function to see which date comes first??????
If the dates are in ISO format just strip the hyphens and compare as
numbers:
xsl:if test="translate($date1, '-', '') < translate($date2, '-', '')"
Mike Kay
Software AG
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