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and in three days will be \currentdate\ or so.
\stop
Yet today is \currentdate.
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(Side-note the usage of line breaking breaks and blank lines in the source code 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[shortlong]}
% \def = \defineexpandable% {...} = \start ...\stop
\defineexpandable[12]\Later{%
\start\dorecurse{#1}{\increment\normalday}%
\currentdate[short#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.
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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>
<cd:notes></cd:notes>
<cd:seealso>
<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>
</cd:commandgroup>
