format-date(current-date()) problem

[Stanislav]

Hello!

I'm trying to set the 'current-date' string at the title page for displaying the current date by using 'ru' localization. But something work wrong. when the compilation of pdf is completed, this line is displayed '[Language: en] August 2018'. In default parameters with no locale argument ('en' language is default) there are no problems.

code is shown below:
....
*[class ~= "bookmap/booktitle"]:after(2) {
display:block;
content: oxy_xpath("format-date(current-date(), '[MNn] [Y0001]' "ru", (), ())");
....

Initial data are as follows:
The latest version of OxygenXML + chemistry, the compiler via DITA Map PDF is based on DITA & CSS (WYSIWYG) + own css.

Who faced this problem? Any help will be pleasure.

[Dan]

There is a syntax error in your XPath expression, it misses a comma and you should use singe quotes around the 'ru' token, since the entire expression is already enclosed in double quotes:

The correct form is:

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content: oxy_xpath("format-date(current-date(), '[MNn] [Y0001]', 'ru', (), ())");

...

Please use the XPath builder view from oXygen when developing XPath expressions.

Best regards,
Dan

[Stanislav]

There is a syntax error in your XPath expression, it misses a comma and you should use singe quotes around the 'ru' token, since the entire expression is already enclosed in double quotes:

The correct form is:

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content: oxy_xpath("format-date(current-date(), '[MNn] [Y0001]', 'ru', (), ())");

...

Please use the XPath builder view from oXygen when developing XPath expressions.

Best regards,
Dan

Thanks for answer Dan!
It's my mistake in this example with double quotes, in my code is all ok with syntax. But this does not work with single quotes.

[Dan]

Yes, indeed, I tested the expression using the Saxon SA XPath processor, while the Chemistry distribution contains Saxon HE. I will check what happens.

Thank you for the feedback!
Dan

[Dan]

It looks like Saxon HE is limited by design: https://sourceforge.net/p/saxon/mailman ... /26849522/
The only workaround is to format the date like this:

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 content: oxy_xpath("let $cm:= format-date(current-date(), '[MNn]') \

return  concat( \

if ($cm= 'January') then  'JAN' else \

if ($cm= 'February') then  'FEB' else \

if ($cm= 'March') then  'MAR' else \

if ($cm= 'April') then  'APR' else \

if ($cm= 'May') then  'MAY' else \

if ($cm= 'June') then  'JUNE' else \

if ($cm= 'July') then  'JUL' else \

if ($cm= 'August') then  'AUG' else \

if ($cm= 'September') then  'SEPT' else \

if ($cm= 'October') then  'OCT' else \

if ($cm= 'November') then  'NOV' else  '' \

, \

' ', \

format-date(current-date(), '[Y0001]') \

) ");

...

Make sure the entire expression is rendered blue in the CSS editor. Replace the caps with the Russian month names.

Best regards,
Dan

[Stanislav]

It looks like Saxon HE is limited by design: https://sourceforge.net/p/saxon/mailman ... /26849522/
The only workaround is to format the date like this:

Code: Select all

...

 content: oxy_xpath("let $cm:= format-date(current-date(), '[MNn]') \

return  concat( \

if ($cm= 'January') then  'JAN' else \

if ($cm= 'February') then  'FEB' else \

if ($cm= 'March') then  'MAR' else \

if ($cm= 'April') then  'APR' else \

if ($cm= 'May') then  'MAY' else \

if ($cm= 'June') then  'JUNE' else \

if ($cm= 'July') then  'JUL' else \

if ($cm= 'August') then  'AUG' else \

if ($cm= 'September') then  'SEPT' else \

if ($cm= 'October') then  'OCT' else \

if ($cm= 'November') then  'NOV' else  '' \

, \

' ', \

format-date(current-date(), '[Y0001]') \

) ");

...

Make sure the entire expression is rendered blue in the CSS editor. Replace the caps with the Russian month names.

Best regards,
Dan

It works, it works!!!! Amazing!
Thanks a lot, you are best!