Re: [NTG-context] Translaing ConTeXt interface to Arabic

On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 07:38:25PM -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote:

On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:02:24 -0600, Khaled Hosny wrote:

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Well, since we're not using it for long-term historical ranges -- and we'll need to be able to advance/reverse it a couple of days no matter the algorithm, then I say let's go with whatever is easiest for hans to read ;-)

I think Umm al-Qura algorithm is more tested and is the one officially used in Saudi Arabia, but I can't find any technical details about it, though Arabeyes's ITL implements it

How did you implement it without the technical details? I guess I'm not quite understanding...

Can you find it and pass it alon?

The person who wrote that code supposedly had access to such technical details, but I can't reach him or find such details. Will try searching for it again.

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and is giving me correct results so far (unlike the Hijra algorithm). EMACS one seems to be widely used too, but its ITL implementation gives me incorrect dates some times

How incorrect?

One day less than the actual date i.e. it says today is 17/ 6/1429 while it is, and Umm al-Qura correctly says, 18/ 6/1429. Regards, Khaled -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localizer and member of Arabeyes.org team