I'm having some problems with constructs like hash tables or
indexes, which are quick in other languages but presently I
am using some brute force with.  E.G.

<xsl:template name="month-of">
  <xsl:param name="mon"/>
    <xsl:choose>
      <xsl:when test="lower-case($mon) = 'jan'">
        <xsl:value-of select="'01'"/>
      </xsl:when>
      <xsl:when test="lower-case($mon) = 'feb'">
        <xsl:value-of select="'02'"/>
      </xsl:when>
      <xsl:when test="lower-case($mon) = 'mar'">
        <xsl:value-of select="'03'"/>
      </xsl:when>

It seems there must be a way to accomplish this with
a simple sequence. Months of the year, days of the
week, and other one to one translations from the
textual to ordinal or vice versa.

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