RE: system call?

> If you use an XSLT 2.0 processor (such as Saxon 8), you can get the 
> current year as follows:
> 
> <xsl:variable name="thisyear" select="format-date(current-date(), 
> '[Y0001]')"/>

or rather more efficiently

select="year-from-date(current-date())"

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