I broke down and went to the book store to get Michael Kay's book on XSLT. I would suppose he got his example from xml.apache.org somewhere. I could not get the following examples to work: <xsl:variable name="today" select="Date:new()" xmlns="xalan://java.util.Date"/> <xsl:variable name="today" select="java:java.util.Date.new()" xmlns:java="http://xml.apache.org/xslt/java"/> <xsl:variable name="today" select="util:Date.new()" xmlns:util="xalan://java.util"/> Doe these not work or was I doing something work? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>