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(Deleted User) Subject: Format date fields
Author: (Deleted User)
Date: 10 Jan 2009 03:55 PM
Dear LS,

When converting csv files to xml and then via xsl to a destination xml file I often experience problems with date fields not being in the correct notation for the receiving application. The expected date format is yyyy-mm-dd.

What's the best way to put those fields in the correct notation? Should I do it by changing the international settings of Excel? Seems not the nicest solution as you then have to revert it a lot of times to work with normal European notation in between xml stuff.

A better solution seemed to be to specify a target data type in Stylus Studio for which an option is available in the csv to xml adapter (property: target data type). I tested this but it didn't work and this is also what the manual states: cuurently not supported.

Hope you can help,



Cynthia

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Tony LavinioSubject: Format date fields
Author: Tony Lavinio
Date: 13 Jan 2009 09:56 AM
Actually, you want to set the source data type to Date, and then
set the 'date order' property to whatever is in your input file.

The converter will then emit YYYY-MM-DD dates.

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(Deleted User) Subject: Format date fields
Author: (Deleted User)
Date: 13 Jan 2009 03:18 PM
Thanks that helped!

 
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