XSLT -- Generating data @ run-time

Question

Hi.
I'm using xalan to translate one xml document into another. However, the result of the xml document contains a required element of type dateTime.
This dateTime value is supposed to represent the dateTime at processing/run time.
Does anyone know how to generate dateTime @ run-time? I've checked the xpath functions and I didn't see anything for the dateTime at run-time.
In an xml book, I found the following for oracle's date:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:date="http://www.oracle.com/XSL/Transform/java/java.util.Date">
<xsl:value-of select="date:toString(date:new())"/>
But this is in a format specific for oracle. How do I get something into the xml's dateTime format?
Thanks in advance!
--S.

Answer 1

XML does not have any date format.and the date you get from oracles site is standard date string that would be returned when ever new Date() is called.
First you need to determine which date format u need.then there are multiple approaches to get the results.
1.get the date string in xslt variable and the using xsl:string,and substring and other string functions parse it to the required format
2.Second you need to write your own java class that will return a date in the required format and define it just as u did above for xslns:date = "/path/path/to.ur class">
and then use it exactly the way u already have...
cheers
Hope this helps
Khalid