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File: Transform.xslt
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
  xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

  <xsl:output method="text"/>

  <xsl:template match="/">
    <xsl:text>Extracting the timezone from an xs:dateTime:</xsl:text>
    <xsl:variable name="currentDateTime" as="xs:dateTime" select="current-dateTime()"/>
    
    <xsl:text>The current date and time is: </xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="$currentDateTime"/>

    <xsl:text>The current timezone is: </xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="timezone-from-dateTime($currentDateTime)"/>
    <xsl:text>The timezone is also known as </xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="format-dateTime($currentDateTime, '[ZN]')"/>

  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>


Output:

Extracting the timezone from an xs:dateTime:The current date and time is: 2008-12-11T13:11:17.75-08:00The current timezone is: -PT8HThe timezone is also known as -08:00