Whoever created this XML needs to be told that dates that will be read by
computer programs should be formatted as Y-M-D, whereas dates that will be
read by people should be formatted in the way those people prefer it.  XML
files are meant for computer input, not human input.

PC2

-----Original Message-----
From: Kristof Bernaert [mailto:kbernaert@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: April 5, 2001 02:14
To: 'xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject:  compare date value with 2 other ones


Take the current date with this format: 05/04/2001

i have this xml with some news-blocks

<news>
<block startdate="03/04/2001" endddate="06/04/2001" id="1">news 1</block>
<block startdate="05/04/2001" endddate="10/04/2001" id="2">news 2</block>
</news>

I have an extern xml-file (current_date.xml, in same root of other *.xml)
that contains always current date like this
<current_date>05/04/2001</current_date>

now, in xsl i want only view the newsblocks where currentdate is between the
start- and enddate.

<xsl:for-each select="news/block[@startdate =>
document(current_date.xml)/current_date and @enddate =<
document(current_date.xml)/current_date]">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:for-each>

of course, this isn't working, because:

How have i to handle the date ? to compare correctly the day, month and year
?

thx


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