XML-XSLT : How to compare two dates which are in String

Question

I know this question might get repeated and also I have went through similar articles and question but I have not found the exact solution.

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Answer 1

XSLT (2.0) recognizes dates in YYYY-MM-DD format only, and date-times in YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss format only. In order to compare the strings as dates, (or, in this case, date-times), you must first convert them to valid date-times. Since you need to do this more than once, it would be convenient to construct a function for this purpose:

XSLT 2.0

Result

OK

Note that this assumes your strings come in a DD.MM.YYYY hh:mm:ss format - i.e. that the days are padded to two digits - otherwise there's more work to be done.