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RE: [xsl] GMT to BST converter

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Before you can convert the date/time you have to parse it. EXSLT has a
date:parse-date() function but it's not widely implemented. I think I would
escape out to an extension function for this one.

XSLT 2.0, for once, doesn't help you here, at least not directly.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tom tom [mailto:tomxsllist@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 15 April 2005 12:21
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [xsl] GMT to BST converter
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> I need to write a template in XSLT 1 that converts a GMT 
> feed, for example:
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> <Date>Tuesday, 18 February, 2003, 15:21 GMT</Date>
> 
> to British summer time. I don't want to have to update it 
> every 6 months! 
> Has anyone done this before?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Tom
> 
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