Current date in xslt mapping

Question

Hi,
I've tried to get the current date in my xslt mapping.
I've used the following xslt coding:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:date="http://exslt.org/dates-and-times" extension-element-prefixes="date">
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:variable name="now" select="current-date()"/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
In stylus studio everything is OK and i retrieve the current date.
When i import the xslt in the mapping tool and test the mapping i get the following error:
javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: com.sap.engine.lib.xml.util.NestedException: Function with name 'current-date' not found in context library. at com.sap.engine.lib.jaxp.TransformerImpl.transform(TransformerImpl.java:251)
While directly using the current date functionality within the message mapping everything is OK too.
Does anyone know which date-functionality is used within the message mapping within the Integration Builder and/or wich mapping to be used in xslt for a working scenario?
Thnx in advance!

Answer 1

Ok thnx, these anwers where very helpfull for me to solve this problem.
I've awarded points for all your answers.
For anyone interested later on, I needed the date in my XSLT mapping in the following format ddMMMyy.
Finnally I used the following xslt to achieve this:
     <xsl:template name="currentDate" xmlns:cal="java:java.util.GregorianCalendar">
          <xsl:variable name="now" select="cal:getInstance()" />
          <xsl:variable name="day" select="cal:get($now, 5)" />
          <xsl:variable name="month" select="cal:get($now, 2) + 1" />
          <xsl:variable name="year" select="substring(string(cal:get($now, 1)), 3, 2)" />
          <xsl:variable name="month">
               <xsl:choose>
                    <xsl:when test="$month=1">Jan</xsl:when>
                    <xsl:when test="$month=2">Feb</xsl:when>
                    <xsl:when test="$month=3">Mar</xsl:when>
                    <xsl:when test="$month=4">Apr</xsl:when>
                    <xsl:when test="$month=5">May</xsl:when>
                    <xsl:when test="$month=6">Jun</xsl:when>
                    <xsl:when test="$month=7">Jul</xsl:when>
                    <xsl:when test="$month=8">Aug</xsl:when>
                    <xsl:when test="$month=9">Sep</xsl:when>
                    <xsl:when test="$month=10">Oct</xsl:when>
                    <xsl:when test="$month=11">Nov</xsl:when>
                    <xsl:when test="$month=12">Dec</xsl:when>
                    <xsl:otherwise>INVALID MONTH</xsl:otherwise>
               </xsl:choose>
          </xsl:variable>
          <xsl:choose>
               <xsl:when test="$day &lt; 10">
                    <xsl:value-of select="concat(concat(concat('0',$day), $month), $year)"/>
               </xsl:when>
               <xsl:otherwise>
                    <xsl:value-of select="concat(concat($day, $month), $year)"/>
               </xsl:otherwise>
          </xsl:choose>
     </xsl:template>