xs:date formatting

Using xs:date to use date controls on my form, however the client expects Ymd in their XML, and the xs:date enforces Y-m-d.  I can see from other threads there is no way to change this as this is an ISO format, however surely it is up to the developer of the form to state the format the control supplies?

If there is really no way to change the format, how can I pass the formatted date into the xml instance?

Chris,

One of the tricks you can do that I've seen mentioned in other threads
is have a second instance that can hold your date information. Bind
your controls to that second instance, and then have another bind
doing a calculate from the second instance, formatting the date the
way the customer/schema requires and storing it in your original
instance.

It's kinda hacky, but should do the trick.

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Chris,

In XML documents, a date in 99% of the cases follows the XML Schema
datatypes format, which is an ISO date. It is unfortunate to even see
other date formats around if you ask me :-(

What you could do to work around the problem would be to pre- and
post-process your document to perform date conversions, or store the
xs:date in a separate instance and then copy them to your final instance
with a calculation.

-Erik

ChrisSpeare wrote:
> Using xs:date to use date controls on my form, however the client expects Ymd
> in their XML, and the xs:date enforces Y-m-d.  I can see from other threads
> there is no way to change this as this is an ISO format, however surely it
> is up to the developer of the form to state the format the control supplies?
>
> If there is really no way to change the format, how can I pass the formatted
> date into the xml instance?
>


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