You get very similar functionality for date/time in flowscript; also it seems that XSLT 2.0 can do this via fn:current-dateTime() http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-functions/#func-current-dateTime (Disclaimer: I have not used 2.0 - but others in this thread have; maybe they can respond here?)
>>> On 2009/05/01 at 07:49, in message >>> <49fa8d67.8090...@lampsacos.demon.co.uk>, Ken Starks >>> <k...@lampsacos.demon.co.uk> wrote: oddly enough, the first example of embedded XSP in the Moczar and Aston book is to find the time with a tiny bit of embedded java. <xsp:logic> Date now = new Date(); </xsp:logic>. ... By the way, today's date is <xsp:expr>now,/xsp;exp> Ken Derek Hohls wrote: > Out of interest... which part of Cocoon lacks "date/time awareness" - > the sitemap? Can't a (custom-written) java module execute/call an > external program? Also not sure about "directory listing" - does the > Directory Generator not serve in that role? > > > >>>> On 2009/04/30 at 02:48, in message <49f99e06.40...@ucc.ie>, Peter Flynn >>>> <pfl...@ucc.ie> wrote: >>>> > Stephen Winnall wrote: > > [...] > > I've been using Cocoon almost since the start, and although there are > bits I haven't grokked yet, I find it one of the most productive tools > around. There are aspects of its design I disagree with (the removal of > DTD-detected pipelines from v1.*, the lack of interface to the system > like directory listing or date/time awareness, and the inability to > execute an external program even when the program generates XML, unless > you fake it via a web script), but it's flexible enough to work around > most of these. > > Reports of XSLT's demise are much exaggerated :-) > > ///Peter > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@cocoon.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@cocoon.apache.org -- This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and conditions, e-mail legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. The full disclaimer details can be found at http://www.csir.co.za/disclaimer.html. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks Transtec Computers for their support. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@cocoon.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@cocoon.apache.org
