ExportDate instruction in Generic XML (GXML) automatically generates the current time and date of when an export occurs. The default format for this processing instruction is YYYY-MM-DD, but can be changed based on the specified processing instructions.
In the example above, the highlighted tags would produce the following date and time information:
- The <?ExportDate?> processing instruction, located between the <DATE> tags, produces the date in the default format of YYYY-MM-DD.
- The <?ExportDate HH:mm:ss?> processing instruction, located between the <TIME> tags, produces the time of the export, in the format determined by the specific parameter (HH:mm:ss).
- The <?ExportDate z?> processing instruction, located between the <TIMEZONE> tags, produces the time zone of where the export took place, in the format determined by the specific parameter (z).
For demonstrative purposes, this example displays three different tag sets (<DATE>, <TIME>, and <TIMEZONE>; however, users can produce the same date / time information with a single tag set like this: <DATE><?ExportDate YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss z?></DATE>.