Format Date Time with XSLT

To format the datetime in XSLT, first convert it to date time, and use the XSLT function format-dateTime. For example use this to format to the pattern yyyy-MM-dd. Have fun 🙂

<HireDate>
     <xsl:value-of select="format-dateTime(xs:dateTime(startDate),'[Y0001]-[M01]-[D01]')"/>
</HireDate>