Are you doing this in XSLT 1.0 or 2.0? 

In 2.0 you can compare these values directly by casting them to xs:dateTime
and then subtracting to get the difference as an xs:dayTimeDuration.

In 1.0 you may be able to take advantage of the library routines at
www.exslt.org.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Johnson [mailto:artpunx@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 17 October 2007 17:55
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Comparing Integers
> 
> Hello...
> 
> I have set up some tests to compare Integers, but wish to 
> refine the comparison. I have some xml:
> 
> <submissionDeadline>2027-10-04T09:00:00.0000000-00:00</submiss
> ionDeadline>
> <submissionDeadline>2007-10-03T09:00:00.0000000-00:00</submiss
> ionDeadline>
> <submissionDeadline>2007-10-01T08:00:00.0000000+01:00</submiss
> ionDeadline>
> <submissionDeadline>2007-09-10T12:00:00.0000000+01:00</submiss
> ionDeadline>
> 
> 
> This is selected and concatenated into an integer:
> 
> <xsl:variable name="submissionDeadlineString"
> select="concat(substring(submissionDeadline, 1,4)... etc etc
> 
> I then concatenate the current time / date etc:
> 
> <xsl:variable 
> name="currentTime">2007-10-04T09:00:00.0000000+01:00</xsl:variable>
> <xsl:variable name="currentTimeString"
> select="concat(substring($currentTime, 1,4)....etc etc
> 
> ...then test against each other:
> 
> <xsl:when test="$currentTimeString &lt; = 
> $submissionDeadlineString"><xsl:call-template
> name="ontime"/></xsl:when>
> 
> I would like to be able to test for 4 different outcomes, 
> ontime, within24Hours, within10Days and past10Days. I have 
> set up variable and tests thus far:
> 
> <xsl:variable 
> name="currentTime">2007-10-04T09:00:00.0000000+01:00</xsl:variable>
> <xsl:variable name="currentTimeString"
> select="concat(substring($currentTime, 1,4)....etc etc 
> <xsl:variable name="within24Hours"
> select="number($submissionDeadlineString + 1000000)"/> 
> <xsl:variable name="within10Days"
> select="number($submissionDeadlineString + 1000001)"/> 
> <xsl:variable name="past10Days"
> select="number($submissionDeadlineString + 10000001)"/>
> 
> <xsl:choose>
> <xsl:when test="$currentTimeString &lt; = 
> $submissionDeadlineString"><xsl:call-template
> name="ontime"/></xsl:when>
> <xsl:when test="$currentTimeString &lt; = 
> $within24Hours"><xsl:call-template
> name="twentyFourHourRule"/></xsl:when>
> <xsl:when test="$currentTimeString &lt; = 
> $within10Days"><xsl:call-template 
> name="tenDayRule"/></xsl:when> <xsl:when 
> test="$currentTimeString &gt; = 
> $past10Days"><xsl:call-template 
> name="plusTenDay"/></xsl:when> </xsl:choose>
> 
> ...so far, only the "ontime" and "plusTenDay" tests work.
> 
> Am I headed in the right direction? Can anyone offer any 
> advice please?
> 
> Thank you.