Formatting date in XSL using .NET standard formatting

Microsoft standard .NET date format can be used in xsl transform which is a key feature provided using msxsl:script Element.

The following snippet demonstrates using .NET "ToShortDateString" inside XSL transform:-

Above defined method "ToCSharpShortDateString" can be used as follows:-

Now that xsl is ready, lets use this with ASP.NET xml control . Code behind should look something like this.

XmlDocument doc = new Document(xmlPath);
 XPathNavigator nav = doc.CreateNavigator();
xmlData.XPathNavigator = nav;
string xslFileName = Server.MapPath("~/InvoiceReport.xsl");
xmlData.TransformSource = xslFileName;
xmlData.DataBind();

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