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xs:gYearMonth

Construct a gYearMonth value from an item value.


Syntax

xs:gYearMonth(item $value) => gYearMonth

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Description

This is a constructor function that takes an item value as argument and returns a value of type xs:gYearMonth. 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:gYearMonth represents a specific Gregorian month of the year as defined in ISO 8601. The lexical form is CCYY-MM, where "MM" denotes the century, "YY" denotes the year, and "MM" denotes the month. You can append an optional time zone identifier. You may not omit any of the dashes.

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Argument

$value

item value

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Example

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Related Syntax Constructs

The following construct(s) refer to this construct:

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