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Dave 16 posts 36 karma points

Jul 19, 2010 @ 23:19

Date format / Macro access to page Properties

I need to use a property (startDate) from the template in a Macro.

I can't confirm if the problem I'm having is that the date isn't read, or if there's something wrong with the XSLT.

Here is the bulk of my XSLT:

<xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>

  <xsl:param name="currentPage"/>
  <xsl:variable name="sDate" select="$currentPage/data [@alias = 'startDate']" />

<xsl:template match="/">

<!-- start writing XSLT -->
<time class="calendar">
  <xsl:attribute name="datetime">
    <xsl:value-of select="umbraco.library:FormatDateTime($sDate, 'yyyy-MM-dd')"/>
  </xsl:attribute>
  <span>
    <xsl:variable name="monthname" select="umbraco.library:FormatDateTime($sDate,'MMM')" />
    <xsl:value-of select="$monthname"/>
  </span>
  <xsl:value-of select="umbraco.library:FormatDateTime($sDate, 'd')"/>
</time>
</xsl:template>

I'm running Umbraco 4.5, and have the following macro parameter:

And this is the code in my template:

<umbraco:Macro startDate="startDate" Alias="EventDate" runat="server"></umbraco:Macro>

Any help is greatly appreciated.

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Dimitris Tsoukakis 33 posts 59 karma points

Jul 20, 2010 @ 12:09
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First of all, I think that its a good idea to use another variable to hold the macro parameter value, like following:

Try this
```
<xsl:variable name="macroParam" select="/macro/startDate" />
```
The reason that you use a propertyTypePicker is to allow you to define different properties on different templates.

Of course my comment doesn't solves your problems. Try rename the macro parameter so that it has a different name with any of the document type properties. There may be a conflict.

What do you get with this:
```
<xsl:value-of select="$sDate"/>
```
Do you get an ugly date or just nothing.
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Dave 16 posts 36 karma points

Jul 20, 2010 @ 19:14

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Right now, the text "startDate" is returned.

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Josh Townson 67 posts 162 karma points

Jul 21, 2010 @ 13:31
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Hi Dave, your Macro insert code doesn't look like what you might want
```
<umbraco:Macro startDate="startDate" Alias="EventDate" runat="server"></umbraco:Macro>
```
will pass the textstring startDate into your xslt under /macro/startDate.

Do you have a page property called startDate on the node you are using and is it filled in? ie what does this code produce (when placed directly inside the <template match="/">...:
```
<xsl:value-of select="$currentPage/data [@alias = 'startDate']" />
```
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Dave 16 posts 36 karma points

Jul 21, 2010 @ 16:23

Thanks Josh,

You are correct, in fact, what I needed, or what worked at least was this:

<umbraco:Macro eventDate="[#startDate]" Alias="EventDate" runat="server"></umbraco:Macro>

Followed by the following macro code:

<xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>

<xsl:param name="currentPage"/>
<xsl:variable name="sDate" select="/macro/eventDate" />
<xsl:template match="/">
<!-- start writing XSLT -->
<time class="calendar" datetime="{umbraco.library:FormatDateTime($sDate, 'yyyy-MM-dd')}">
  <span>
    <xsl:variable name="monthname" select="umbraco.library:FormatDateTime($sDate,'MMM')"/>
    <xsl:value-of select="$monthname"/>
  </span>
  <xsl:value-of select="umbraco.library:FormatDateTime($sDate,'dd')"/>
</time>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Which resulted in the output that I was looking for!

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