XQuery Date and Time Functions: Efficiently Handling Temporal Data
Learn how to effectively work with dates and times in XQuery. This tutorial explores key built-in functions for manipulating, formatting, and comparing temporal data within XML documents, providing practical examples for various date and time processing tasks.
Working with Dates and Times in XQuery
XQuery provides a set of built-in functions for working with dates and times. These functions are useful for tasks involving date and time manipulation, formatting, and comparison within XML documents. This section briefly introduces some commonly used date and time functions in XQuery.
Common XQuery Date and Time Functions
XQuery offers many functions for handling dates and times. Here are a few of the most commonly used ones:
| Index | Function | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | current-date() |
Returns the current date. |
| 2 | current-time() |
Returns the current time. |
| 3 | current-dateTime() |
Returns both the current date and time. |