Hi Joe, Thanks for sharing that. I tried adapting your eXist port to BaseX and ran into issues with namespaces. At this point I don’t have the time or expertise to complete this but hopefully someone else will take up the challenge.
Best, Ron On November 3, 2018 at 12:19:49 AM, Joe Wicentowski (joe...@gmail.com) wrote: Hi Ron, You might find Ryan Grimm's date-parser library module useful if you have a larger range of date formats to handle: https://github.com/marklogic-community/commons/blob/master/dates/date-parser.xqy <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_marklogic-2Dcommunity_commons_blob_master_dates_date-2Dparser.xqy&d=DwMFaQ&c=fi2D4-9xMzmjyjREwHYlAw&r=44jDQvzmnB_-ovfO6Iusj0ItciJrcWMOQQwd2peEBBE&m=e-vvgsru1Z5x9LvDMbzC4IlnNmLD9Gh74LxZE20a3-A&s=QXbGrJ9vbbC9tQ9k_8qdKN-M6_zHwScCTYBIHAAlxbc&e=> While it was written with some MarkLogic-specific code, I adapted it for use with eXist (but haven't tested it with BaseX): https://github.com/HistoryAtState/twitter/blob/master/modules/date-parser.xqm <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_HistoryAtState_twitter_blob_master_modules_date-2Dparser.xqm&d=DwMFaQ&c=fi2D4-9xMzmjyjREwHYlAw&r=44jDQvzmnB_-ovfO6Iusj0ItciJrcWMOQQwd2peEBBE&m=e-vvgsru1Z5x9LvDMbzC4IlnNmLD9Gh74LxZE20a3-A&s=AGe6aYSio39Gb6aYBk41uIcAk3LA3ex3jxCg1ZUCA3M&e=> Best, Joe On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 6:48 PM Ron Katriel <rkatr...@mdsol.com> wrote: > Hi Christian, > > Much appreciated! I hardened the code (see below) since the dates (from > CT.gov > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__CT.gov&d=DwMFaQ&c=fi2D4-9xMzmjyjREwHYlAw&r=44jDQvzmnB_-ovfO6Iusj0ItciJrcWMOQQwd2peEBBE&m=e-vvgsru1Z5x9LvDMbzC4IlnNmLD9Gh74LxZE20a3-A&s=sTeb3eQJ-UU9JJcyp70O4qY6e-PGeWQUHJJhfe3A9uE&e=>) > occasionally also have the day of the month (e.g., “March 21, 2014”). > Currently the function is dropping the day in such cases but I will look > into capturing it in a future iteration. > > Best, > Ron > > > declare function local:to-date($string) { > if (fn:matches($string, '[A-Za-z]+ [0-9]+') or fn:matches($string, > '[A-Za-z]+ [0-9]+, [0-9]+')) > then > let $m := index-of($MONTHS, substring-before($string, ' ')) > let $y := xs:integer(functx:substring-after-last($string, ' ')) > return xs:date(string-join( > ( > format-number($y, '0000'), > format-number($m, '00'), > '01' > ), > '-') > ) > else > () > }; > > On November 2, 2018 at 4:20:41 PM, Christian Grün ( > christian.gr...@gmail.com) wrote: > > Hi Ron, > > If your timestamp is available in IETF format, you can use > fn:parse-ietf-date [1]. Otherwise, you’ll need to write a simple > function by yourself: > > declare variable $MONTHS := ( > 'January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', > 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December' > ); > > declare function local:to-date($string) { > let $m := index-of($MONTHS, substring-before($string, ' ')) > let $y := xs:integer(substring-after($string, ' ')) > return xs:date(string-join(( > format-number($y, '0000'), > format-number($m, '00'), > '01' > ), '-')) > }; > local:to-date('March 2017') > > Best, > Christian > > [1] > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.w3.org_TR_xpath-2Dfunctions-2D31_-23func-2Dparse-2Dietf-2Ddate&d=DwIFaQ&c=fi2D4-9xMzmjyjREwHYlAw&r=44jDQvzmnB_-ovfO6Iusj0ItciJrcWMOQQwd2peEBBE&m=Yy9sC1xS_Ix-pGSVDp-Lbmz8BOft0S1WdVpEM-qzRw4&s=uQ3NqCv8FpHulP4q1arjItJX3-gCHwi_06WN4znRz48&e= > > > > On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 9:09 PM Ron Katriel <rkatr...@mdsol.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Is there a BaseX function for converting a string date in the form of > “March 2017” to xs:date or xs:dateTime? > > > > Thanks, > > Ron > >
