Date Parser Module

Date Parser Module

Import statement

import module namespace dateparser="http://marklogic.com/dateparser" at "lib/date-parser.xqy";

API Functions

dateparser:parse

dateparser:parse(
    $date as xs:string
) as xs:dateTime?

Parses a string in various formats into an xs:dateTime. The following formats are supported:

• Thu Jul 07 2011 11:05:42 GMT-0700 (PDT)
• 25-Oct-2004 17:06:46 -0500
• Mon, 23 Sep 0102 23:14:26 +0900
• 30 Jun 2006 09:39:08 -050
• Apr 16 13:49:06 2003 +0200
• Aug 04 11:44:58 EDT 2003
• 4 Jan 98 0:41 EDT
• 08-20-2007
• 2007/08/20
• 08/20/2007
• 2007092
• December 20th, 2005

When it comes to month names, both long and abbreviated month names are supported. Along with english month names, spanish, french, german and italian are also supported.