Hi Bjarne,

You can use the format string to pull just the parts you need, and write them out separately, eg:

<p class="news_date">
 <span class="month"><xsl:value-of select="umbraco.library:FormatDateTime(./newsDate, 'MMM')"/></span>
 <span class="day"><xsl:value-of select="umbraco.library:FormatDateTime(./newsDate, 'd')"/></span>
 <span class="year"><xsl:value-of select="umbraco.library:FormatDateTime(./newsDate, 'yyyy')"/></span>
</p>

Then of course you can use CSS to target each separately and layout the way you like.

Hope this helps,
Tom

Hi Bjarne,

I'd do something like this:

<xsl:template match="* | @*" mode="date">
    <xsl:variable name="year" select="substring(., 1, 4)" />
    <xsl:variable name="month" select="substring(., 6, 2)" />
    <xsl:variable name="date" select="substring(., 9, 2)" />

    <time datetime="{.}" class="newsDate">
        <span class="d">
            <xsl:value-of select="$date" />
        </span>
        <span class="m">
            <xsl:value-of select="$month" />
        </span>
        <span class="y">
            <xsl:value-of select="$year" />
        </span>
    </time>
</xsl:template>

- and then use it like this:

<xsl:apply-templates select="newsDate" mode="date" />

/Chriztian

Hi both..

I guess both suggestions will solve my problem, but I have chosen Toms suggestion.
I will give you both a high five :)

Tom, somehow I get this output: aug09-08-20112011
That's a bit weird with the day format.. it looks similar to the the way I formattet the day before, but I don't get just a 9 but the whole date: 09-08-2011 ... hmm

Bjarne

Sounds like the format string might be messed up?  Are you just using 'd'?  Maybe try dd just to test?  Maybe paste your code here also

I have this in my xslt:

<p class="news_date">
                 <span class="month"><xsl:value-of select="umbraco.library:FormatDateTime(./newsDate, 'MMM')"/></span>
                 <span class="day"><xsl:value-of select="umbraco.library:FormatDateTime(./newsDate, 'd')"/></span>
                 <span class="year"><xsl:value-of select="umbraco.library:FormatDateTime(./newsDate, 'yyyy')"/></span>
              </p>

It gives me a xslt error popup bubble, when saving with d, but it works with dd .
But then I get 09 .. and in this case I think it looks better with just a 9.

That's really weird, I get the same results when using 'd' but 'dd' works.

In leiu of finding the actual problem/fix, you could do a cheesy workaround by using 'dd' and testing for the leading 0 and remove it if needed.  Or Chriztian might have a better way :)

<xsl:choose>
    <xsl:when test="substring(umbraco.library:FormatDateTime(./newsDate, 'dd'), 1, 1) = '0'">
      <xsl:value-of select="substring(umbraco.library:FormatDateTime(./newsDate, 'dd'), 2, 1)"/>
    </xsl:when>
    <xsl:otherwise>
      <xsl:value-of select="umbraco.library:FormatDateTime(./newsDate, 'dd')"/>      
    </xsl:otherwise>
  </xsl:choose>

-Tom

Thanks for the workaround Tom..
That might be a fix of the problem..

I have tried another way too, with a empty space:

<p class="news_date">
                 <span class="day"><xsl:value-of select="umbraco.library:FormatDateTime(./newsDate, ' d')"/></span>
                 <span class="month"><xsl:value-of select="umbraco.library:FormatDateTime(./newsDate, 'MMM')"/></span>
                 <span class="year"><xsl:value-of select="umbraco.library:FormatDateTime(./newsDate, 'yyyy')"/></span>
              </p>

It doesn't have any particular importance for the frontend look, just that a get a empty space in the code: <span class="day"> 9</span>

If one of you find any solutions of that strange bug, let me know :)

Bjarne

Thanks :)

I works great now..

Bjarne 

Hi Tom+Bjarne,

The 'd' is a special case of the FormatDateTime() function - it returns a "Short date format for current culture"

/Chriztian

Good find Chriztian!  Very weird, so I guess there's no built in way to use 'd' without a hack like the above.  Perhaps that should be updated at some point...

-Tom

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