Description
The functx:month-name-en function returns the month of $date as an xs:string in English, as in "January", "February", etc.
The $date argument must be castable to xs:date, meaning that it must have the type xs:date or xs:dateTime, or be an xs:string or untyped value of the form YYYY-MM-DD.
Arguments and Return Type| Name | Type | Description |
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$date |
xs:anyAtomicType? |
the date |
| return value |
xs:string? |
XQuery Function Declaration| See XSLT definition. | | XQuery Syntax for January 2007 (1.0): |
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declare namespace functx = "http://www.functx.com";
declare function functx:month-name-en
( $date as xs:anyAtomicType? ) as xs:string? {
('January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June',
'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December')
[month-from-date(xs:date($date))]
} ; | | XQuery Syntax for July 2004 - November 2005 (CR): |
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declare namespace functx = "http://www.functx.com";
declare function functx:month-name-en
( $date as xdt:anyAtomicType? ) as xs:string? {
('January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June',
'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December')
[month-from-date(xs:date($date))]
} ; | | XQuery Syntax for May 2003: |
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declare namespace functx = "http://www.functx.com"
define function month-name-en
( $date as xdt:anyAtomicType? ) as xs:string? {
('January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June',
'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December')
[fn:get-month-from-date(xs:date($date))]
} |
Examples| XQuery Example | Results |
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functx:month-name-en(xs:date('2004-01-23'))
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January
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functx:month-name-en(
xs:dateTime('2004-01-23T12:00:13'))
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January
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functx:month-name-en('2004-01-23')
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January
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See AlsoHistory |
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