How can I compare these Strings in XPath1.0:
08-jul-2014 05:00:00
08-jul-2014 06:00:00
For example:
08-jul-2014 05:00:00 > 08-jul-2014 06:00:00 should return false
08-jul-2014 05:00:00 < 08-jul-2014 06:00:00 should return true
I looked at Xpath built funcions and I can't find any funciton to convert String to UTC Seconds for example...
Thanks in advance!
You can use the following hack. Remove delimiters using translate() and use substring() to make it into format yyyyMMddHHmmss and then compare this atrocity.
article[number(substring(translate(translate(translate(@pub-date,'-',''),':',''),' ','') ,5,4)+substring(translate(translate(translate(@pub-date,'-',''),':',''),' ',''),2,3)+substring(translate(translate(translate(@pub-date,'-',''),':',''),' ',''),0,2)+substring(translate(translate(translate(@pub-date,'-',''),':',''),' ',''),9,6)) > number(substring(translate(translate(translate(@pub-date2,'-',''),':',''),' ','') ,5,4)+substring(translate(translate(translate(@pub-date2,'-',''),':',''),' ',''),2,3)+substring(translate(translate(translate(@pub-date2,'-',''),':',''),' ',''),0,2)+substring(translate(translate(translate(@pub-date2,'-',''),':',''),' ',''),9,6))]
I just realised that since you have month as string you are pretty much stuffed.