time/date in metafun/metapost

time/date in metafun/metapost

[Patrick Gundlach]

Hi out there. It is getting late, but I hope my metapost problem is not 
there because I cannot think at this time anymore...

So, I have the following code:
% output=pdf
\starttext
\startMPcode
show year;
show month;
show day;
show time;
\stopMPcode
\stoptext

The time displayed is the time of the generated format. How do I get the 
current time? (well, the time at which the job is run.)  Do I have to use 
context to pass the current time etc. thru variables?

-- 
Viele Grüße, 

    Patrick Gundlach

Re: time/date in metafun/metapost

[Hans Hagen]

At 10:53 PM 10/1/2001 +0200, Patrick Gundlach wrote:
>Hi out there. It is getting late, but I hope my metapost problem is not
>there because I cannot think at this time anymore...
>
>So, I have the following code:
>% output=pdf
>\starttext
>\startMPcode
>show year;
>show month;
>show day;
>show time;
>\stopMPcode
>\stoptext
>
>The time displayed is the time of the generated format. How do I get the
>current time? (well, the time at which the job is run.)  Do I have to use
>context to pass the current time etc. thru variables?

\startMPcode
mytime := \the\normaltime ;
myyear := \the\normalyear ;
....

enz

Hans

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Re: time/date in metafun/metapost

[Patrick Gundlach]

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Hello,

[...]
> \startMPcode
> mytime := \the\normaltime ;
> myyear := \the\normalyear ;

[...]

woks fine. Thanks.

-- 
Viele Grüße, 

    Patrick Gundlach