On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 07:38:25PM -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:02:24 -0600, Khaled Hosny <khaledhosny@eglug.org>  
> wrote:
> 
> >> Well, since we're not using it for long-term historical ranges -- and
> >> we'll need to be able to advance/reverse it a couple of days no matter  
> >> the
> >> algorithm, then I say let's go with whatever is easiest for hans to read
> >> ;-)
> >
> > I think Umm al-Qura algorithm is more tested and is the one officially
> > used in Saudi Arabia, but I can't find any technical details about it,
> > though Arabeyes's ITL implements it
> 
> How did you implement it without the technical details? I guess I'm not  
> quite understanding...
> 
> Can you find it and pass it alon?
> 

The person who wrote that code supposedly had access to such technical
details, but I can't reach him or find such details. Will try searching
for it again.

> > and is giving me correct results so
> > far (unlike the Hijra algorithm). EMACS one seems to be widely used too,
> > but its ITL implementation gives me incorrect dates some times
> 
> How incorrect?

One day less than the actual date i.e. it says today is 17/ 6/1429 while
it is, and Umm al-Qura correctly says, 18/ 6/1429.

Regards,
 Khaled

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 Khaled Hosny
 Arabic localizer and member of Arabeyes.org team