xs:date schema 1

[PeterOcean]

I have to define a date in a schema that has the format YYYYMMDD. the element in question can also accept an empty value as well. I have tried the following but that doesn't work, does anyone have any ideas.

Thanks

<xs:simpleType name=&quot;date&quot;>
<xs:restriction base=&quot;xs:string&quot;>
<xs:minLength value=&quot;0&quot;/>
<xs:length value=&quot;8&quot;/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>

 

[chiph]

Try something like this:

<xs:element name=&quot;MyDate&quot;>
  <xs:simpleType>
    <xs:restriction base=&quot;xs:string&quot;>
      <xs:pattern value=&quot;\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d&quot;/>
    </xs:restriction>
  </xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>

While I'm sure the date format you listed was given to you as a requirement, you should make an effort to convince them to use the standard XML date format: ISO-8601 See

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html

You can then define your date as xs:date and be done with it.

Chip H.



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