Hello, I am a little bit confused:
with DateInputModule from cocoon-2.1m3-dev 2003/03/09 (@version CVS $Id: DateInputModule.java,v 1.1 2003/03/09 00:09:02 pier Exp $), which seems be the newest version, only one date-format can be passed to the XSL. It has to be specified in the <format></format> tags in cocoon.xconf. Additional tags, as described by Perry Molendijk below, are not passed to the XSL. Hence: cocoon.xconf: <component-instance class ="org.apache.cocoon.components.modules.input.DateInputModule" logger="core.modules.input" name="date"> <format>EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss</format> </component-instance> sitemap: <map:transform type="xslt" src="style/main.xsl"> <map:parameter name="thecurrentdate" value="{date:format}"/> ... delivers the expected result. But cocoon.xconf: <component-instance class ="org.apache.cocoon.components.modules.input.DateInputModule" logger="core.modules.input" name="date"> <format-something>EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss</format-something> </component-instance> sitemap: <map:transform type="xslt" src="style/main.xsl"> <map:parameter name="thecurrentdate" value="{date:format-something}"/> delivers the "default" date formatting and not the "format-something". Did I mix up cocoon-versions or misunderstood something? Markus > "Perry Molendijk" <xions () iinet ! net ! au> > > For anyone trying to come to grips with input modules. Below is what you > need to do if you want to make the current date in a particular format > available in the sitemap: > > in cocoon.xconf look for: > > <component-instance > class="org.apache.cocoon.components.modules.input.DateInputModule" > logger="core.modules.input" name="date"/> > > and replace it with: > > <component-instance > class="org.apache.cocoon.components.modules.input.DateInputModule" > logger="core.modules.input" name="date"> > <au-format>dd-EEE-yyyy</au-format> > <us-format>MM-dd-yyyy</us-format> > <format>EEE, MMM d, yyyy</format> > <long-format>EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z</long-format> > </component-instance> > > in the sitemap snippet below is an example of passing the current date as a > parameter to an XSL: > > <map:match pattern="**.pdf"> > <map:generate src="xdocs/{1}.xml"/> > <map:transform src="stylesheets/xmlToFo.xsl"> > <map:parameter name="currentDate" value="{date:format}"/> > </map:transform> > <map:serialize type="fo2pdf"/> > </map:match> > > You can replace {date:format} with {date:xxxxx} where xxxxx represents the > name of one of the tags added in cocoon.xconf. > e.g. {date:long-format} will give you a date in "EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z" > format. > > From an error message I worked that the date input module must somehow use > the SimpleDateFormat, so for more information about the date formats > supported see the Java JDK docs on docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html. Markus Schulze --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]