'Convert date format in xslt from YYYYMMDD to MM/DD/YYYY

I am Having date in xml file in format like

YYYYMMDD

Applying the xslt transformation i want to change the format to

MM/DD/YYYY

.

For example, Incoming format - 20160513 Output format - 05/13/2016

xsltxslt-1.0xslt-2.0


Solution 1:[1]

XSLT 2.0 option...

<xsl:template match="date[matches(normalize-space(),'^\d{8}$')]">
  <xsl:copy>
    <xsl:value-of select="replace(normalize-space(),
      '(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{2})',
      '$2/$3/$1')"/>
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

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Solution 1 Daniel Haley

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