Name
[2.0] dateTime()
This is a special constructor function that lets you
create an xs:dateTime value
from an xs:date and xs:time.
Syntax
xs:dateTime?dateTime(xs:date?,xs:time?)
Inputs
An xs:date value and an
xs:time value.
Output
A new xs:dateTime value
based on the two input values. If either input value is the empty
sequence, xs:dateTime()
returns the empty sequence. The timezone of the xs:dateTime result is calculated as
follows:
If neither argument has a timezone, the result does not have a timezone.
If one of the arguments has a timezone or if both arguments have the same timezone, the result has that timezone.
If the two arguments have different timezones, the XSLT processor raises an error.
Defined in
XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators section 5, “Constructor Functions.”
Example
This stylesheet uses the values from the current-date() and current-time() functions to create a
new xs:dateTime value:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- datetime.xsl --> <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>
Creating an xs:dateTime with an </xsl:text> <xsl:text>xs:date and xs:time:</xsl:text> <xsl:variable name="currentDate" as="xs:date" select="current-date()"/> <xsl:variable name="currentTime" as="xs:time" select="current-time()"/> <xsl:text>

 The current date is: </xsl:text> <xsl:value-of select="$currentDate"/> <xsl:text>

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