Difference between revisions of "Command/currentdate"
< Command
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(Created page with "Documentation for \currentdate") |
(Added two examples for incrementing and decrementing \currentdate, wondering why the code only works for year and day but not for month...) |
||
| Line 88: | Line 88: | ||
</cd:description> | </cd:description> | ||
| − | <cd:examples><cd:example title=""> | + | <cd:examples><cd:example title="Example 1: The Current Date"><context source="yes" text="gives"> |
| − | <context source="yes" text="gives"> | ||
\currentdate[weekday,month,day,{, },year] | \currentdate[weekday,month,day,{, },year] | ||
\currentdate[day,{.~},month,{~},year] | \currentdate[day,{.~},month,{~},year] | ||
| + | </context></cd:example><cd:example title="Example 2: Incrementing and Decrementing the Current Date"><context source="yes" text="gives"> | ||
| + | Today it's \currentdate.\blank | ||
| + | |||
| + | \increment\normalday | ||
| + | |||
| + | Tomorrow will be \currentdate.\blank | ||
| + | |||
| + | \decrement\normalday | ||
| + | %\increment\normalmonth% -- gives and error | ||
| + | \increment\normalyear | ||
| + | |||
| + | And today in a year will be \currentdate. | ||
| + | </context></cd:example><cd:example title="Example 3: Incrementing/Decrementing the Date Locally"><context source="yes" text="gives"> | ||
| + | Today it's \currentdate.\blank | ||
| + | |||
| + | \start\increment\normalday | ||
| + | Tomorrow will be \currentdate.\blank | ||
| + | \stop | ||
| + | |||
| + | Yet today it's still \currentdate. | ||
</context></cd:example></cd:examples> | </context></cd:example></cd:examples> | ||
<cd:notes></cd:notes> | <cd:notes></cd:notes> | ||
Revision as of 18:36, 21 August 2023
Contents
\currentdate
Summary
The command \currentdate typesets the current date.
Settings
| \currentdate[...,...] | |
| [...,...] | year year:name y y:name yy Y Y:name YY month month:mnem month:hebrew month:jalali m m:mnem m:hebrew m:jalali MONTH MONTH:mnem MONTH:hebrew MONTH:jalali mm M day day:name day:+ day:ord day:++ day:highord d d:name d:+ d:ord d:++ d:highord dd dd:+ dd:ord dd:++ dd:highord D D:+ D:ord D:++ D:highord weekday weekday:mnem weekday:hebrew weekday:jalali w w:mnem w:hebrew w:jalali WEEKDAY WEEKDAY:mnem WEEKDAY:hebrew WEEKDAY:jalali W referral space \\\\\\\\␣ text hebrew:to jalali:to jalali:from |
| Option | Explanation |
|---|---|
| This format is a comma-separated list of field formats and optional separators. | |
Settings name
Description
The command \currentdate typesets the current date using a supplied format.
Examples
Example 1: The Current Date
\currentdate[weekday,month,day,{, },year] \currentdate[day,{.~},month,{~},year]
gives
Example 2: Incrementing and Decrementing the Current Date
Today it's \currentdate.\blank \increment\normalday Tomorrow will be \currentdate.\blank \decrement\normalday %\increment\normalmonth% -- gives and error \increment\normalyear And today in a year will be \currentdate.
gives
Example 3: Incrementing/Decrementing the Date Locally
Today it's \currentdate.\blank \start\increment\normalday Tomorrow will be \currentdate.\blank \stop Yet today it's still \currentdate.
gives
Notes
See also
- core-con.mkiv
- \date for lots more detail about the formatting options
- \definedate
