I can't test right now but would something like

\setuphead[Day][sectionsegments=Day:Month:Year]

help?

Duncan


On Sat, 31 Dec 2022 at 17:24, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context <
ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote:

> A happy new year to everyone!
>
> I’m playing with some examples of section numbering.
>
> * Is there a setup to influence the order of number segments? I.e. can I
> have “section.chapter.part“ instead of “part.chapter.section”?
>
> * How can I format the segments, e.g. to get two or three digits each
> (leading zeros)?
>
> * I can force a section number with “ownnumber”, but the next one is
> back in the previous scheme. Itemize has “start”. How can I start
> section chapter numbering at 3 (or -1 or whatever; I know I can start at
> 0 with “zero”) and let ConTeXt continue from there?
>
>
> My example tries to (ab)use the section numbering for a date (e.g. for a
> diary):
>
> -----
> \definestructureconversionset[default][n,n,month,n][n]
> \definestructureseparatorset [default][-,-,-,-]
>
> \definehead[Year][chapter]
> \definehead[Month][section]
> \definehead[Day][subsection]
>
> \define[2]\TitleCmd{#1} % number only
>
> \setuphead[Year,Month,Day][number=yes,page=no,command=\TitleCmd]
> \setuphead[Year][page=yes]
> %\setuphead[Month][]
> \setuphead[Day][style={\ss\bf}]
>
> \def\Dummycontent{
>      \dorecurse{12}{
>      \startMonth
>      New Month.
>
>      \dorecurse{5}{
>      \startDay
>      Another day.
>
>      \stopDay
>      }
>
>      \stopMonth
> }}
>
> \starttext
>
> \startYear[ownnumber=2023,title=This]
> A new year begins.
>
> \Dummycontent
>
> \stopYear
>
> \startYear
> Next year.
>
> \Dummycontent
>
> \stopYear
>
> \stoptext
> -----
>
> Hraban
>
>
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