In message <OE44VniSnRMWuLn5U9T0000b764@xxxxxxxxxxx> xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> can XSL determine what the current date is?

not without an extensions. but practically all the implementations offer some such facility.

personally, I try to use the "exslt" extensions for this, 
node-set conversion, multiple file output etc, as there is some hope
of portability across implementations

sebastian

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