ms:format-time Function

MSXML 5.0 SDK

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Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) 5.0 for Microsoft Office - XPath Reference

ms:format-time Function

Converts standard XSD time formats to characters suitable for output.

string ms:format-time(string datetime, string format [,locale])

Parameters

string datetime
Contains a time-related value in XSD format. For nonstring arguments, this function behaves as if a string() function were applied. If the argument is not a time, the output is an empty string. If it is a valid XSD time and some fields are empty, this function attempts to fill unspecified fields.
string format
Contains a format string, according to Win32 API GetTimeFormat functions.
locale [optional]
Defines the locale to format the data for (for example, "EN_us").

Remarks

The following lists the format characters for ms:format-time().

Character(s) Description
h Hours as 0-12
hh Hours as 00-12
H Hours as 0-23
HH Hours as 00-23
m Minutes as 0-59
mm Minutes as 00-59
s Seconds as 0-59
ss Seconds as 00-59
tt Insert AM or PM, display hours as 12-hour clock
t Insert A or P, display hours as 12-hour clock

Example

XML Document: (Sample.xml)

<?xml version='1.0'?>
<XMLSamples xml:space="preserve"
         xmlns:dt="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:datatypes">
  <FileDetails>
   <Author>Robert Brown</Author>
   <Date dt:dt="datetime">2000-02-16T15:56:00</Date>
  </FileDetails>
</XMLSamples>

XSLT Style sheet (Sample.xsl)

<?xml version='1.0'?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
      xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
      xmlns:ms="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"
      xmlns:dt="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:datatypes">
  <xsl:template match="/">
  <HTML>
  <HEAD>
  </HEAD>
  <BODY> 
   <xsl:for-each select="XMLSamples/FileDetails/Date">
      <DIV>
          Time Unedited:
          <xsl:value-of select="."/>
      </DIV>
      <DIV>
          Time Edited:
          <xsl:value-of select="ms:format-time(., 'hh:mm:sstt')"/>
      </DIV>
   </xsl:for-each>
  </BODY> 
  </HTML>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Try It

  1. Follow the instructions given in Initiate XSLT in a Script
  2. Supply Sample.xml and Sample.xsl above as the input for the required .xml and .xsl files.
  3. Run the script. You should get the following output.

Output

The output HTML page shows the following entries:

Time Unedited: 2000-02-16T15:56:00
Time Edited: 03:56:00PM

See Also

Data Types in Schemas | XML Schema Reference (XSD) | XML Data Types Reference

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