<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" xmlns:src="http://nwalsh.com/xmlns/litprog/fragment" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="5.0" xml:id="refentry.date.profile"> <refmeta> <refentrytitle>refentry.date.profile</refentrytitle> <refmiscinfo class="other" otherclass="datatype">string</refmiscinfo> </refmeta> <refnamediv> <refname>refentry.date.profile</refname> <refpurpose>Specifies profile for refentry "date" data</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv> <src:fragment xml:id="refentry.date.profile.frag"> <xsl:param name="refentry.date.profile"> (($info[//date])[last()]/date)[1]| (($info[//pubdate])[last()]/pubdate)[1] </xsl:param> </src:fragment> </refsynopsisdiv> <refsection><info><title>Description</title></info> <para>The value of <parameter>refentry.date.profile</parameter> is a string representing an XPath expression. It is evaluated at run-time and used only if <parameter>refentry.date.profile.enabled</parameter> is non-zero. Otherwise, the <tag>refentry</tag> metadata-gathering logic "hard coded" into the stylesheets is used.</para> <para> The <literal>man(7)</literal> man page describes this content as "the date of the last revision". In man pages, it is the content that is usually displayed in the center footer.</para> </refsection> </refentry>