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and in three days will be \currentdate\ or so.
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Yet today is \currentdate.
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(Note Side-note the usage of line breaking breaks and blank lines in the source code to fit and how they alter the PDF product.)</cd:example><cd:example title="Example 5: More Complex Usage"><context source="yes" text="gives" width="5cm">\definedate[short][month,{,~},day]\definedate[long][{the },day:++,{ of },month,{ in the year of },year] \def\Today{\currentdate[long]} % \def = \defineexpandable% {...} = \start ...\stop \defineexpandable[2]\Later{%\start\dorecurse{#1}{\increment\normalday}%\currentdate[#2]%\stop} Today is \Today\ one should believe. So tomorrow will be \Later{1}{short}. And in three days should be \Later{3}{long} or so.</context> Note the usage of commenting (using the percent sign [<code>%</code>]) to avoid unwanted spacing that occurs when using line breaks, especially within brackets (e.g. <code>\start</code> ... <code>\stop</code>).</cd:example></cd:examples>
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<cd:wikipage originator="system" page="Category:Counter"></cd:wikipage>
<cd:wikipage originator="system" page="Keywords:Language"></cd:wikipage>
<cd:commandref name="date">for lots more detail details about the formatting options</cd:commandref>
<cd:commandref name="definedate"></cd:commandref></cd:seealso>
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