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File: Transform.xslt

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<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:call-template name="date-formatter">
      <xsl:with-param name="date" select="current-date()"/>
    </xsl:call-template>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template name="date-formatter">
    <xsl:param name="date" as="xs:date" required="yes"/>
    <xsl:value-of select="format-date($date, '[M01]/[D01]/[Y0001]')"/>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Output:

12/11/2008








5.72.value of
5.72.1.Use value-of to get element value from different level
5.72.2.Select value from an element
5.72.3.value-of select="."
5.72.4.value-of select=cars/manufacturer/@name separator=,
5.72.5.value-of select=format-date($date, [M01]/[D01]/[Y0001])
5.72.6.value-of select=replace($sub2, ', '')
5.72.7.output an element only if it has a value.
5.72.8.the output without empty elements removal