Short weekday option for date command
Hi, Is there a way to achieve a short weekday option with \date[] to get 3 letter equivalents (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun) similar to the monthshort either through context or lua? Thanks, Adam
On 4/4/2020 11:47 AM, Adam Reviczky wrote:
Hi,
Is there a way to achieve a short weekday option with \date[] to get 3 letter equivalents (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun) similar to the monthshort either through context or lua? Not currently but I will add the basics (I have to double check with WS to see where if conflicts as such an extension involves additional commands it has to go into the setups too) but others have to add the abbreviations.
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Thank you Hans and Wolfgang,
I have updated the wiki (https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/date) with
the new dayshort/daylong options, but I seem to get an empty value for
every day after day 7, see example:
\starttext
\date[d=7,m=4,y=2008][{\dayshort\normalday},{,~},day,~,month,~,year] \par
\date[d=8,m=4,y=2008][{\dayshort\normalday},{,~},day,~,month,~,year]
\stoptext
This gives me (note "sun" is missing in the second line):
sat, 7 April 2008
, 8 April 2008
Am I using the options correctly?
Still using luatex and not luametatex.
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Thanks,
Adam
On Sat, Apr 4, 2020 at 11:24 AM Hans Hagen
On 4/4/2020 11:47 AM, Adam Reviczky wrote:
Hi,
Is there a way to achieve a short weekday option with \date[] to get 3 letter equivalents (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun) similar to the monthshort either through context or lua? Not currently but I will add the basics (I have to double check with WS to see where if conflicts as such an extension involves additional commands it has to go into the setups too) but others have to add the abbreviations.
Hans
----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
Adam Reviczky schrieb am 08.04.2020 um 21:53:
Thank you Hans and Wolfgang,
I have updated the wiki (https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/date) with the new dayshort/daylong options, but I seem to get an empty value for every day after day 7, see example:
\starttext \date[d=7,m=4,y=2008][{\dayshort\normalday},{,~},day,~,month,~,year] \par \date[d=8,m=4,y=2008][{\dayshort\normalday},{,~},day,~,month,~,year] \stoptext
This gives me (note "sun" is missing in the second line):
sat, 7 April 2008 , 8 April 2008
Am I using the options correctly?
No, the \daylong and \dayshort expect a number between 1 and 7 and result in a label for the requested day of the week but it's not meant to be used in \currentdate.
Still using luatex and not luametatex.
To get the short names with \currentdate you have to append ":mnem" to the weekday, w, WEEKDAY or W keywords. \starttext \startlines \date[d=7,m=4,y=2008][weekday,{,~},day,~,month,~,year] \date[d=7,m=4,y=2008][weekday:mnem,{,~},day,~,month,~,year] \date[d=8,m=4,y=2008][weekday,{,~},day,~,month,~,year] \date[d=8,m=4,y=2008][weekday:mnem,{,~},day,~,month,~,year] \stoplines \stoptext Wolfgang
Thank you Wolfgang! Adam On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 9:11 PM Wolfgang Schuster < wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
Adam Reviczky schrieb am 08.04.2020 um 21:53:
Thank you Hans and Wolfgang,
I have updated the wiki (https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/date) with the new dayshort/daylong options, but I seem to get an empty value for every day after day 7, see example:
\starttext \date[d=7,m=4,y=2008][{\dayshort\normalday},{,~},day,~,month,~,year] \par \date[d=8,m=4,y=2008][{\dayshort\normalday},{,~},day,~,month,~,year] \stoptext
This gives me (note "sun" is missing in the second line):
sat, 7 April 2008 , 8 April 2008
Am I using the options correctly?
No, the \daylong and \dayshort expect a number between 1 and 7 and result in a label for the requested day of the week but it's not meant to be used in \currentdate.
Still using luatex and not luametatex.
To get the short names with \currentdate you have to append ":mnem" to the weekday, w, WEEKDAY or W keywords.
\starttext
\startlines \date[d=7,m=4,y=2008][weekday,{,~},day,~,month,~,year] \date[d=7,m=4,y=2008][weekday:mnem,{,~},day,~,month,~,year] \date[d=8,m=4,y=2008][weekday,{,~},day,~,month,~,year] \date[d=8,m=4,y=2008][weekday:mnem,{,~},day,~,month,~,year] \stoplines
\stoptext
Wolfgang
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