Need help comparing two dates with times

Question

I'm trying to compare two dates with time. I'm able to compare just the date, but when I add the time element it doesn't work. I'm not sure what the correct format should be.

<xsl:if test="ddwrt:FormatDateTime(ddwrt:TodayIso(),1033,'yyyyMMdd hhmmss') &lt; ddwrt:FormatDateTime(string(@Date_x002f_Time), 1033, 'yyyyMMdd hhmmss')">
            Test
            </xsl:if>

My goal is to compare the two dates to check if there is less than 30 minutes to the Date_x002f_Time field. If it is 3:30pm today and @Date_x002f_Time value is 3:35pm then my value will not show. If it is 3:00pm today and Date_x002f_Time value is 3:35pm then my value will show

Answer 1

Try to define two variables for data1 and date2 as the following

<xsl:variable name="date1" select="ddwrt:FormatDateTimeUsingCurrentContext(string(@First-date))"/>

<xsl:variable name="date2" select="ddwrt:FormatDateTimeUsingCurrentContext(string(@Second-date))"/>

then compare as the following

<xsl:if test="$date1 &lt;= $date2">

</xsl:if>