Substring returns data and garbage

I have a line of xsl that uses a substring function like this:
<xsl:value-of select="substring(string(DepartureDay),7,2)"/>
DepartureDay is an element that looks like 20000515 (for 15 May 2000).
I try to extract the 15 from the string and I get it but I get as well some garbage after the 15 like this: 20X.X
This is just an example as the garbage varies in content and length every time I run the xslt.
Is this a bug of the Oracle parser or am i doing something wrong?
Thanks
null

Hi,
The XPath string function converts the number argument into a string containing some leading white spaces. So the substring does not work as you expected. You should use format-number function in XSLT for number-string conversion as noted in XPath: "The string function is not intended for converting numbers into strings for presentation to users."
Thanks,
Oracle XML Team

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