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(Added two examples for incrementing and decrementing \currentdate, wondering why the code only works for year and day but not for month...) |
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<cd:examples><cd:example title="Example 1: The Current Date"><context source="yes" text="gives"> | <cd:examples><cd:example title="Example 1: The Current Date"><context source="yes" text="gives"> | ||
| + | \currentdate | ||
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\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"> | </context></cd:example><cd:example title="Example 2: Incrementing and Decrementing the Current Date"><context source="yes" text="gives"> | ||
| − | Today | + | Today is \currentdate. |
\increment\normalday | \increment\normalday | ||
| − | Tomorrow will be \currentdate. | + | Tomorrow will be \currentdate. |
\decrement\normalday | \decrement\normalday | ||
| − | %\increment\normalmonth% -- gives | + | |
| + | %\increment\normalmonth% -- gives an error as of 08-2023 | ||
\increment\normalyear | \increment\normalyear | ||
And today in a year will be \currentdate. | And today in a year will be \currentdate. | ||
| − | </context></cd:example><cd:example title="Example 3: Incrementing | + | </context></cd:example><cd:example title="Example 3: Incrementing and Decrementing the Current Date Locally"><context source="yes" text="gives"> |
| − | Today | + | Today is \currentdate. |
\start\increment\normalday | \start\increment\normalday | ||
| − | Tomorrow will be \currentdate.\ | + | Tomorrow will be \currentdate. |
| + | \stop | ||
| + | |||
| + | Yet today is \currentdate. | ||
| + | </context></cd:example><cd:example title="Example 4: Incrementing and Decrementing the Current Date by N"><context source="yes" text="gives"> | ||
| + | Hello\dorecurse{1}{, Hello}. | ||
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| + | Today is \currentdate. | ||
| + | \start\increment\normalday | ||
| + | So tomorrow will be \currentdate | ||
| + | \stop | ||
| + | \start\dorecurse{3}{\increment\normalday} | ||
| + | and in three days will be \currentdate. | ||
\stop | \stop | ||
| + | Yet today is \currentdate. | ||
| + | </context> | ||
| − | + | (Note the usage of line breaking and blank lines in the source code to fit the PDF product.)</cd:example></cd:examples> | |
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<cd:notes></cd:notes> | <cd:notes></cd:notes> | ||
<cd:seealso> | <cd:seealso> | ||
Revision as of 15:29, 25 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 \currentdate[weekday,month,day,{, },year] \currentdate[day,{.~},month,{~},year]
gives
Example 2: Incrementing and Decrementing the Current Date
Today is \currentdate. \increment\normalday Tomorrow will be \currentdate. \decrement\normalday %\increment\normalmonth% -- gives an error as of 08-2023 \increment\normalyear And today in a year will be \currentdate.
gives
Example 3: Incrementing and Decrementing the Current Date Locally
Today is \currentdate. \start\increment\normalday Tomorrow will be \currentdate. \stop Yet today is \currentdate.
gives
Example 4: Incrementing and Decrementing the Current Date by N
Hello\dorecurse{1}{, Hello}. Today is \currentdate. \start\increment\normalday So tomorrow will be \currentdate \stop \start\dorecurse{3}{\increment\normalday} and in three days will be \currentdate. \stop Yet today is \currentdate.
gives
(Note the usage of line breaking and blank lines in the source code to fit the PDF product.)
Notes
See also
- core-con.mkiv
- \date for lots more detail about the formatting options
- \definedate
