[NTG-context] Re: Weird date output

[Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com>]

Am 11.01.2025 um 06:08 schrieb autumnus:
> hi,
> 
> When I try to output the Chinese date with the command below,
> I find that it doesn't process the month at all. No matter how
> I try any of the "month,month:cn-a,month:cn-c,month:cn-d" conversions
> Unless I pre-set the labeltext for the Chinese month.
> 
> %%%%
> \definedfont[name:adobesongstdlight]
> \currentdate[year:cn-d,年,month:cn-a,day:cn,号]  %output : 二〇二五年January 十一号
> 
> \setuplabeltext [en][january={一月},]
> \currentdate[year:cn-d,年,month:cn-a,day:cn,号]  %output : 二〇二五年一月 十一号
> %%%%
> 
> If so, then when should I use those conversion method ?
> (At present, the output of "month:cn-d" is only suitable for the year, not the month and day.
>   Its naming is somewhat misleading)
> 
> What's more, there seems to be a strange space here between the month and the day.
> It should output 二〇二五年一月十一号 instead 二〇二五年一月 十一号


1. You can't apply a number conversion for months.

2. You can switch languages to get label texts for chinese.

\starttext

\currentdate[month,day]

\language[cn]
\definedfont[name:adobesongstdlight]
\currentdate[month,day:cn]

\stoptext

3. The space after the month is inserted on purpose to get a space 
between the month and  day as can be seen in the example above. To 
prevent this auto space for chinese a language check can be added to the 
date command.

Wolfgang

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