* Datenumber @ 2007-11-27 16:49 Bart Wise 2007-11-28 4:29 ` Datenumber Aditya Mahajan [not found] ` <6faad9f00711290335tebbb7e8kbddd5980b8d28add@mail.gmail.com> 0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Bart Wise @ 2007-11-27 16:49 UTC (permalink / raw) To: ntg-context LaTeX has a package called datenumber. It basically allows you to several things: 1) convert a date into a number, 2) add and subtract from that number, in essence adding and subtracting days, and 3) converting a date number into a date string. I use this package to create a yearly lesson schedule and various other similiar things. However, I have spent a considerable amount of time trying to find the same functionality in ConTeXt with no avail. Is there a solution for this? ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Datenumber 2007-11-27 16:49 Datenumber Bart Wise @ 2007-11-28 4:29 ` Aditya Mahajan 2007-11-28 16:34 ` Datenumber Bart C. Wise 2007-11-28 16:54 ` Datenumber Bart Wise [not found] ` <6faad9f00711290335tebbb7e8kbddd5980b8d28add@mail.gmail.com> 1 sibling, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Aditya Mahajan @ 2007-11-28 4:29 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Bart Wise wrote: > LaTeX has a package called datenumber. It basically allows you to several > things: 1) convert a date into a number, 2) add and subtract from that > number, in essence adding and subtracting days, and 3) converting a date > number into a date string. I use this package to create a yearly lesson > schedule and various other similiar things. However, I have spent a > considerable amount of time trying to find the same functionality in ConTeXt > with no avail. Is there a solution for this? Have you looked at a lua solution using LuaTeX? Aditya ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Datenumber 2007-11-28 4:29 ` Datenumber Aditya Mahajan @ 2007-11-28 16:34 ` Bart C. Wise 2007-11-28 16:54 ` Datenumber Bart Wise 1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Bart C. Wise @ 2007-11-28 16:34 UTC (permalink / raw) To: ntg-context I have not looked for a LuaTeX-specific solution. Since LuaTeX appears to be in beta, I feel the need to wait for it to become more stable before looking into a LuaTeX solution. So, I'm still looking for a ConTeXt solution. Bart On Tuesday November 27 2007, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Bart Wise wrote: > > LaTeX has a package called datenumber. It basically allows you to > > several things: 1) convert a date into a number, 2) add and subtract from > > that number, in essence adding and subtracting days, and 3) converting a > > date number into a date string. I use this package to create a yearly > > lesson schedule and various other similiar things. However, I have spent > > a considerable amount of time trying to find the same functionality in > > ConTeXt with no avail. Is there a solution for this? > > Have you looked at a lua solution using LuaTeX? > > Aditya > ___________________________________________________________________________ >________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an > entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : > http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________ >________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Datenumber 2007-11-28 4:29 ` Datenumber Aditya Mahajan 2007-11-28 16:34 ` Datenumber Bart C. Wise @ 2007-11-28 16:54 ` Bart Wise 1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Bart Wise @ 2007-11-28 16:54 UTC (permalink / raw) To: ntg-context I have not looked for a LuaTeX-specific solution. Since LuaTeX appears to be in beta, I feel the need to wait for it to become more stable before looking into a LuaTeX solution. So, I'm still looking for a ConTeXt solution. Bart On Tuesday November 27 2007, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Bart Wise wrote: > > LaTeX has a package called datenumber. It basically allows you to > > several things: 1) convert a date into a number, 2) add and subtract from > > that number, in essence adding and subtracting days, and 3) converting a > > date number into a date string. I use this package to create a yearly > > lesson schedule and various other similiar things. However, I have spent > > a considerable amount of time trying to find the same functionality in > > ConTeXt with no avail. Is there a solution for this? > > Have you looked at a lua solution using LuaTeX? > > Aditya > ___________________________________________________________________________ >________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an > entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : > http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________ >________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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* Re: Datenumber [not found] ` <6faad9f00711290335tebbb7e8kbddd5980b8d28add@mail.gmail.com> @ 2007-11-29 15:57 ` Bart Wise 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Bart Wise @ 2007-11-29 15:57 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Mojca Miklavec, ntg-context On Thursday November 29 2007, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On Nov 27, 2007 5:49 PM, Bart Wise wrote: > > LaTeX has a package called datenumber. It basically allows you to > > several things: > > > > 1) convert a date into a number, > > What number? What's the input and what's the output? First you set the date: \setdatenumber{year}{month}{day} Example: \setdatenumber{2007}{1}{5} Internally, this sets a counter called datenumber. You print the date with \datedate. Then, to increment by a week, you would add 7 to the datenumber and set the date as follows: \addtocounter{datenumber}{7} \setdatebynumber{\thedatenumber} I made a function that increments the date: \def\IncDate{% \addtocounter{datenumber}{7}% \setdatebynumber{\thedatenumber}% }% Then, I created a table with the first column entries as follows: \datedate\IncDate \datedate\IncDate \datedate\IncDate \datedate\IncDate \datedate\IncDate ... The output would be: Friday, 5 January, 2007 Friday, 12 January, 2007 Friday, 19 January, 2007 Friday, 26 January, 2007 Friday, 2 February, 2007 This way I do not have to put in anything except the first date and dates for the whole year are calculated and printed for me. > > > 2) add and subtract from that > > number, in essence adding and subtracting days, and > > > > 3) converting a date number into a date string. > > The manual mentions this example > \date[d=17,m=11,y=2007][weekday,month,day,{, },year] > > or simply > \date[y=2007,m=11,d=27] > or > \currentdate As best as I can tell, this only sets the date. I can see of no way to add a given number of days to calculate a new date. > > > I use this package to create a yearly lesson > > schedule and various other similiar things. However, I have spent a > > considerable amount of time trying to find the same functionality in > > ConTeXt with no avail. Is there a solution for this? > > There are quite some macros in tex/context/base/core-con.tex (& > core-con.mkii) devoted to that. I didn't play with substraction yet, > but I bet there is some simple way to do it. I looked through the source code of core-con.mkii, core-con.mkiv and core-con.tex. I don't see the functionality I need already constructed. I was hoping that an existing solution existed without the need for creating new code. > > Mojca Thanks for you help. If I overlooked something, let me know. Bart ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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