Parse date and time

XML

<date:parse var="var" timezone="(system time zone)">
    string
</date:parse>

<date:parse /> returns the timestamp for a date by parsing a textual date and time value.

Timestamps are based on Unix time, defined as the number of seconds elapsed since midnight proleptic Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of January 1, 1970, not counting leap seconds.

Attributes

Name	Type	Description	Defined By
var	var	Result variable name	date:parse
timezone	string	Time zone	date:parse

Results

Binding	Type	Predicate
var		N/A

Examples

XML

<output>
  <date:parse>2000-01-01</date:parse>
</output>

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