Re: [NTG-context] date problem

One step further, thanks. But why does \edef\thedate{\rawdate[]}\writestatus{***}{\meaning\thedate} result in ** > macro:->unknown march 2013 instead of 20 march 2013? Hans van der Meer On 20 mrt. 2013, at 14:39, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

Am 20.03.2013 um 14:26 schrieb H. van der Meer :

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There is a nasty problem when defining the \date.

First approach: *** > macro:->\date \def\thedate{\date}\writestatus{***}{\meaning\thedate} Alas, I get lateron a luatex error on \date: ! LuaTeX error [string "\directlua "]:1: invalid escape sequence near '\d'.

Second approach, use \edef to get an expanded value. \edef\thedate{\date}\writestatus{***}{\meaning\thedate} *** > macro:->\date Alas, the date is still the unexpanded macro and not something like 20 march 2013.

How to?

All commands with optional argument aren’t expandable and \date *has* two optional argument.

To get now the date in the output you can either use the expandable \rawdate[] command (the brackets are necessary) or you use \ctxcommand{currentdate(<specification>,<language>)} (language can also be "false").

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