xf:current-date

Gets the current date.

Signatures

xf:current-date() —> xs:date?

Returns

Returns the current date as a date value.

All invocation of this function in a single outermost XQuery or XPATH expression will report the same date.

Examples

The following example query, invokes the current-date function:

<current>{xf:current-date()}</current> 

If the current date is November 11, 2002 and the current time is 4:23, The preceding query generates the following result:

<current>2002-11-11</current> 

Related Topics

W3C current-date function description.

W3C date data type description.