Xslt mapping can't get date from java

Question

I am trying to get the current date/time from java in my xsl mapping. I can't seem to get it to work. This is the code I am using in my xsl file.
<IDField>
  <xsl:template name="currentTime" xmlns:date="java:java.util.Date">
<xsl:value-of select="date:new()"/>
  </xsl:template>
</IDField>
also tried
<xsl:value-of select="java:java.util.Date:new()"/>
I simply want to put the current date time in the IDField. What am I doing wrong? I am currently getting back a xslt mapping error. Here's the error....
Transformer configuration exception occurred when loading XSLT
I've tried a few different ways, but none have worked. What I'm looking for is the specific code that would display the date/time.
        - Emmett

Answer 1

I figured it out. The main problem was that I didn't have the following in this line....
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" <b>xmlns:java="http://xml.apache.org/xslt/java" </b>xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" .....>
Once I included xmlns:java="http://xml.apache.org/xslt/java" all the java functions were available. I also found the great date template. In case anyone wants to check it out here it is...
<xsl:template name="today"
              xmlns:cal="xalan://java.util.GregorianCalendar">
  <xsl:variable name="rightNow" select="cal:getInstance()" />
  <!-- The GregorianCalendar class counts months from zero
       so we have to add one to get the customary number -->
  <xsl:variable name="month" select="cal:get($rightNow, 2) + 1" />
  <xsl:variable name="day" select="cal:get($rightNow, 5) " />
  <xsl:variable name="year" select="cal:get($rightNow, 1)" />
  <xsl:value-of
   select="$year" />-<xsl:value-of
   select="$month" />-<xsl:value-of
   select="$day" />
</xsl:template>
I found this template here...
http://cafeconleche.org/books/xmljava/chapters/ch17s03.html
           - Emmett