Converts $string-var (a string in the gMonthDay format) to the gMonthDay data type.
If the value of $string-var is the empty sequence, the empty sequence is returned. The empty sequence is a sequence containing zero items (), which is similar to null in SQL.
If the value of $string-var is not valid to the gMonthDay format, the following error is reported:
Could not cast "invalid_gMonthDay_string" to type [gMonthDay@htttp://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema] is displayed.
Where invalid_gMonthDay_string is the string not valid to the time format, for example: "08-15".
xs:gMonthDay(xs:string $string-var) —> xs:gMonthDay
Represents a string with the month and day specified with one of the following formats: |
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Positive time zone offset. This option is optional. If a plus or minus is not specified, + is assumed. |
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Returns the specified month and day in the gMonthDay data type.
Invoking gMonthDay("--08-15") returns a gMonthDay value corresponding to August 15, as shown in the following example query:
<result>{xs:gMonthDay("--08-15")}</result>
The preceding query, generates the following XML result:
<result>--08-15</result>
Invoking gMonthDay("--08-15Z") returns a gMonthDay value corresponding to August 15 in the UTC time zone, as shown in the following example query:
<result>{xs:gMonthDay("--08-15Z")}</result>
The preceding query, generates the following XML result:
<result>--08-15Z</result>
Invoking gMonthDay("08-15") outputs an error because the -- prefix is missing.
For example, the following example query:
<result>{xs:gMonthDay("08-15")}</result>
Error occurred while executing XQuery: Could not cast "08-15" to type [gMonthDay@http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema]
W3C gMonthDay data type description