Construct a dateTime value from an item
value.
xs:dateTime(item $value) => dateTime
This is a constructor function that takes an item value as argument and
returns a value of type xs:dateTime. If the argument is a literal,
then the literal must be a valid lexical form of its type.
As specified in the respective section of the W3C recommendation
XML
Schema Part 2: Datatypes, a value of type xs:dateTime
represents a specific instant of time by a combination of date and time of day
values. The lexical form is CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss where
"CC" represents the century,
"YY" the year, "MM" the
month and "DD" the day. It can be preceded by an
optional leading minus sign to indicate a negative number . You may not
truncate digits on the left side. The letter "T"
separates date from time and "hh",
"mm", "ss" represent
hour, minute and second. Fractions of a second are appended with a leading
".".
A datetime value may include a time zone which is either a capital "Z" to denote Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), or it is a value whose lexical form is hh:mm, preceded by a minus or plus sign to indicate the difference from UTC.
| $value |
item value |
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Generate a valid value of type xs:dateTime:
xs:dateTime("2002-12-07T12:20:46.275+01:00")
This represents December 7, 2002 at 12:20:46 and 275/1000 seconds CET. The timezone CET is 1 hour after UTC.
The following construct(s) refer to this construct: