To compare date with another date in string in siebel bip report

Question

Hi,
In my rtf I am comparing a Date1 with a date in string i.e. '10-NOV-14'. If Date1 is less than '10-NOV-14' I am dispalying a certain text and if not another text.
This condition is working fine if Date1 have 2014 values but if  Date1 cointains 2015 date than the mentioned condition is falling.
Kindly suggest any solutions.
Regards,
Siddhika

Answer 1

This example may help:
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
version="1.0">
<xsl:param name="currentDate"/>
    <xsl:variable name="firstDate" select="concat(substring($currentDate, 1,4),substring($currentDate, 6,2),substring($currentDate, 9,2))"/>
    <xsl:template match="/">
        <xsl:apply-templates select="//item"/>
    </xsl:template>
    <xsl:template match="item">
        <xsl:variable name="secondDate" select="concat(substring(submissionDeadline, 1,4),substring(submissionDeadline, 6,2),substring(submissionDeadline, 9,2))"/>
        <xsl:choose>
        <xsl:when test="$firstDate &gt; $secondDate">
            <xsl:call-template name="late"/>
            </xsl:when>
            <xsl:when test="$firstDate &lt; $secondDate">
                <xsl:call-template name="ontime"/>
            </xsl:when>
            <xsl:when test="$firstDate = $secondDate">
                <xsl:call-template name="same"/>
            </xsl:when>
            <xsl:otherwise>Monkeys<br /></xsl:otherwise>
        </xsl:choose>
    </xsl:template>
    <xsl:template name="ontime">
        This is on time
    </xsl:template>
    <xsl:template name="late">
        This is late
    </xsl:template>
    <xsl:template name="same">
        This is on time
    </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>