Re: [exist-open] fn:subtract-dateTimes-yielding-dayTimeDuration

[Ben A. <ben...@gm...>]

I tried that, too with no success:
Type error: string 2005-05-01 cannot be cast into an xs:dateTime

It would be nice to be able to associate a schema with my documents,
but I don't see that implemented anywhere.
-Ben

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 12:57:13 -0800, Piotr Kaminski <pi...@id...> wrote:
> > Actually I tried that already and got this error:
> > cannot convert string '2005-05-01T12:00:00-05:00' into a
> > double [at line 62, column 80] [at line 62, column 80].  For
> > kicks I tried changing the dateTime into a date, but got the
> > same result.  Am I doing something wrong here:
> >
> >       {$myDate - fn:current-date()}
> 
> Sounds like you're forgetting to convert a string into a typed dateTime
> value somewhere along the line.  Try to replace the above with:
> 
> {xs:dateTime($myDate) - current-dateTime()}
> 
> or
> 
> {xs:date($myDate) - current-date()}
> 
> Of course, you can also do the cast wherever you initialize $myDate
> instead.  In theory, if your schemas are all set up right and eXist
> decides to honor them (which I don't think it does yet?), the value should
> be correctly typed for you as it is retrieved from the database, but right
> now your best bet is to cast explicitly.
> 
>                 -- P.
> 
> --
>   Piotr Kaminski (pi...@id...)
>   It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance.
> 
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