Module:Date
Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Date/doc
-- Date functions for use by other modules.
-- I18N and time zones are not supported.
local MINUS = '−' -- Unicode U+2212 MINUS SIGN
local floor = math.floor
local Date, DateDiff, diffmt -- forward declarations
local uniq = { 'unique identifier' }
local function is_date(t)
-- The system used to make a date read-only means there is no unique
-- metatable that is conveniently accessible to check.
return type(t) == 'table' and t._id == uniq
end
local function is_diff(t)
return type(t) == 'table' and getmetatable(t) == diffmt
end
local function _list_join(list, sep)
return table.concat(list, sep)
end
local function collection()
-- Return a table to hold items.
return {
n = 0,
add = function (self, item)
self.n = self.n + 1
self[self.n] = item
end,
join = _list_join,
}
end
local function strip_to_nil(text)
-- If text is a string, return its trimmed content, or nil if empty.
-- Otherwise return text (convenient when Date fields are provided from
-- another module which may pass a string, a number, or another type).
if type(text) == 'string' then
text = text:match('(%S.-)%s*$')
end
return text
end
local function is_leap_year(year, calname)
-- Return true if year is a leap year.
if calname == 'Julian' then
return year % 4 == 0
end
return (year % 4 == 0 and year % 100 ~= 0) or year % 400 == 0
end
local function days_in_month(year, month, calname)
-- Return number of days (1..31) in given month (1..12).
if month == 2 and is_leap_year(year, calname) then
return 29
end
return ({ 31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31 })[month]
end
local function h_m_s(time)
-- Return hour, minute, second extracted from fraction of a day.
time = floor(time * 24 * 3600 + 0.5) -- number of seconds
local second = time % 60
time = floor(time / 60)
return floor(time / 60), time % 60, second
end
local function hms(date)
-- Return fraction of a day from date's time, where (0 <= fraction < 1)
-- if the values are valid, but could be anything if outside range.
return (date.hour + (date.minute + date.second / 60) / 60) / 24
end
local function julian_date(date)
-- Return jd, jdz from a Julian or Gregorian calendar date where
-- jd = Julian date and its fractional part is zero at noon
-- jdz = same, but assume time is 00:00:00 if no time given
-- http://www.tondering.dk/claus/cal/julperiod.php#formula
-- Testing shows this works for all dates from year -9999 to 9999!
-- JDN 0 is the 24-hour period starting at noon UTC on Monday
-- 1 January 4713 BC = (-4712, 1, 1) Julian calendar
-- 24 November 4714 BC = (-4713, 11, 24) Gregorian calendar
local offset
local a = floor((14 - date.month)/12)
local y = date.year + 4800 - a
if date.calendar == 'Julian' then
offset = floor(y/4) - 32083
else
offset = floor(y/4) - floor(y/100) + floor(y/400) - 32045
end
local m = date.month + 12*a - 3
local jd = date.day + floor((153*m + 2)/5) + 365*y + offset
if date.hastime then
jd = jd + hms(date) - 0.5
return jd, jd
end
return jd, jd - 0.5
end
local function set_date_from_jd(date)
-- Set the fields of table date from its Julian date field.
-- Return true if date is valid.
-- http://www.tondering.dk/claus/cal/julperiod.php#formula
-- This handles the proleptic Julian and Gregorian calendars.
-- Negative Julian dates are not defined but they work.
local calname = date.calendar
local low, high -- min/max limits for date ranges −9999-01-01 to 9999-12-31
if calname == 'Gregorian' then
low, high = -1930999.5, 5373484.49999
elseif calname == 'Julian' then
low, high = -1931076.5, 5373557.49999
else
return
end
local jd = date.jd
if not (type(jd) == 'number' and low <= jd and jd <= high) then
return
end
local jdn = floor(jd)
if date.hastime then
local time = jd - jdn -- 0 <= time < 1
if time >= 0.5 then -- if at or after midnight of next day
jdn = jdn + 1
time = time - 0.5
else
time = time + 0.5
end
date.hour, date.minute, date.second = h_m_s(time)
else
date.second = 0
date.minute = 0
date.hour = 0
end
local b, c
if calname == 'Julian' then
b = 0
c = jdn + 32082
else -- Gregorian
local a = jdn + 32044
b = floor((4*a + 3)/146097)
c = a - floor(146097*b/4)
end
local d = floor((4*c + 3)/1461)
local e = c - floor(1461*d/4)
local m = floor((5*e + 2)/153)
date.day = e - floor((153*m + 2)/5) + 1
date.month = m + 3 - 12*floor(m/10)
date.year = 100*b + d - 4800 + floor(m/10)
return true
end
local function fix_numbers(numbers, y, m, d, H, M, S, partial, hastime, calendar)
-- Put the result of normalizing the given values in table numbers.
-- The result will have valid m, d values if y is valid; caller checks y.
-- The logic of PHP mktime is followed where m or d can be zero to mean
-- the previous unit, and -1 is the one before that, etc.
-- Positive values carry forward.
local date
if not (1 <= m and m <= 12) then
date = Date(y, 1, 1)
if not date then return end
date = date + ((m - 1) .. 'm')
y, m = date.year, date.month
end
local days_hms
if not partial then
if hastime and H and M and S then
if not (0 <= H and H <= 23 and
0 <= M and M <= 59 and
0 <= S and S <= 59) then
days_hms = hms({ hour = H, minute = M, second = S })
end
end
if days_hms or not (1 <= d and d <= days_in_month(y, m, calendar)) then
date = date or Date(y, m, 1)
if not date then return end
date = date + (d - 1 + (days_hms or 0))
y, m, d = date.year, date.month, date.day
if days_hms then
H, M, S = date.hour, date.minute, date.second
end
end
end
numbers.year = y
numbers.month = m
numbers.day = d
if days_hms then
-- Don't set H unless it was valid because a valid H will set hastime.
numbers.hour = H
numbers.minute = M
numbers.second = S
end
end
local function set_date_from_numbers(date, numbers, options)
-- Set the fields of table date from numeric values.
-- Return true if date is valid.
if type(numbers) ~= 'table' then
return
end
local y = numbers.year or date.year
local m = numbers.month or date.month
local d = numbers.day or date.day
local H = numbers.hour
local M = numbers.minute or date.minute or 0
local S = numbers.second or date.second or 0
local need_fix
if y and m and d then
date.partial = nil
if not (-9999 <= y and y <= 9999 and
1 <= m and m <= 12 and
1 <= d and d <= days_in_month(y, m, date.calendar)) then
if not date.want_fix then
return
end
need_fix = true
end
elseif y and date.partial then
if d or not (-9999 <= y and y <= 9999) then
return
end
if m and not (1 <= m and m <= 12) then
if not date.want_fix then
return
end
need_fix = true
end
else
return
end
if date.partial then
H = nil -- ignore any time
M = nil
S = nil
else
if H then
-- It is not possible to set M or S without also setting H.
date.hastime = true
else
H = 0
end
if not (0 <= H and H <= 23 and
0 <= M and M <= 59 and
0 <= S and S <= 59) then
if date.want_fix then
need_fix = true
else
return
end
end
end
date.want_fix = nil
if need_fix then
fix_numbers(numbers, y, m, d, H, M, S, date.partial, date.hastime, date.calendar)
return set_date_from_numbers(date, numbers, options)
end
date.year = y -- -9999 to 9999 ('n BC' → year = 1 - n)
date.month = m -- 1 to 12 (may be nil if partial)
date.day = d -- 1 to 31 (* = nil if partial)
date.hour = H -- 0 to 59 (*)
date.minute = M -- 0 to 59 (*)
date.second = S -- 0 to 59 (*)
if type(options) == 'table' then
for _, k in ipairs({ 'am', 'era', 'format' }) do
if options[k] then
date.options[k] = options[k]
end
end
end
return true
end
local function make_option_table(options1, options2)
-- If options1 is a string, return a table with its settings, or
-- if it is a table, use its settings.
-- Missing options are set from table options2 or defaults.
-- If a default is used, a flag is set so caller knows the value was not intentionally set.
-- Valid option settings are:
-- am: 'am', 'a.m.', 'AM', 'A.M.'
-- 'pm', 'p.m.', 'PM', 'P.M.' (each has same meaning as corresponding item above)
-- era: 'BCMINUS', 'BCNEGATIVE', 'BC', 'B.C.', 'BCE', 'B.C.E.', 'AD', 'A.D.', 'CE', 'C.E.'
-- Option am = 'am' does not mean the hour is AM; it means 'am' or 'pm' is used, depending on the hour,
-- and am = 'pm' has the same meaning.
-- Similarly, era = 'BC' means 'BC' is used if year <= 0.
-- BCMINUS displays a MINUS if year < 0 and the display format does not include %{era}.
-- BCNEGATIVE is similar but displays a hyphen.
local result = { bydefault = {} }
if type(options1) == 'table' then
result.am = options1.am
result.era = options1.era
elseif type(options1) == 'string' then
-- Example: 'am:AM era:BC' or 'am=AM era=BC'.
for item in options1:gmatch('%S+') do
local lhs, rhs = item:match('^(%w+)[:=](.+)$')
if lhs then
result[lhs] = rhs
end
end
end
options2 = type(options2) == 'table' and options2 or {}
local defaults = { am = 'am', era = 'BC' }
for k, v in pairs(defaults) do
if not result[k] then
if options2[k] then
result[k] = options2[k]
else
result[k] = v
result.bydefault[k] = true
end
end
end
return result
end
local ampm_options = {
-- lhs = input text accepted as an am/pm option
-- rhs = code used internally
['am'] = 'am',
['AM'] = 'AM',
['a.m.'] = 'a.m.',
['A.M.'] = 'A.M.',
['pm'] = 'am', -- same as am
['PM'] = 'AM',
['p.m.'] = 'a.m.',
['P.M.'] = 'A.M.',
}
local era_text = {
-- Text for displaying an era with a positive year (after adjusting
-- by replacing year with 1 - year if date.year <= 0).
-- options.era = { year<=0 , year>0 }
['BCMINUS'] = { 'BC' , '' , isbc = true, sign = MINUS },
['BCNEGATIVE'] = { 'BC' , '' , isbc = true, sign = '-' },
['BC'] = { 'BC' , '' , isbc = true },
['B.C.'] = { 'B.C.' , '' , isbc = true },
['BCE'] = { 'BCE' , '' , isbc = true },
['B.C.E.'] = { 'B.C.E.', '' , isbc = true },
['AD'] = { 'BC' , 'AD' },
['A.D.'] = { 'B.C.' , 'A.D.' },
['CE'] = { 'BCE' , 'CE' },
['C.E.'] = { 'B.C.E.', 'C.E.' },
}
local function get_era_for_year(era, year)
return (era_text[era] or era_text['BC'])[year > 0 and 2 or 1] or ''
end
local function strftime(date, format, options)
-- Return date formatted as a string using codes similar to those
-- in the C strftime library function.
local sformat = string.format
local shortcuts = {
['%c'] = '%-I:%M %p %-d %B %-Y %{era}', -- date and time: 2:30 pm 1 April 2016
['%x'] = '%-d %B %-Y %{era}', -- date: 1 April 2016
['%X'] = '%-I:%M %p', -- time: 2:30 pm
}
if shortcuts[format] then
format = shortcuts[format]
end
local codes = {
a = { field = 'dayabbr' },
A = { field = 'dayname' },
b = { field = 'monthabbr' },
B = { field = 'monthname' },
u = { fmt = '%d' , field = 'dowiso' },
w = { fmt = '%d' , field = 'dow' },
d = { fmt = '%02d', fmt2 = '%d', field = 'day' },
m = { fmt = '%02d', fmt2 = '%d', field = 'month' },
Y = { fmt = '%04d', fmt2 = '%d', field = 'year' },
H = { fmt = '%02d', fmt2 = '%d', field = 'hour' },
M = { fmt = '%02d', fmt2 = '%d', field = 'minute' },
S = { fmt = '%02d', fmt2 = '%d', field = 'second' },
j = { fmt = '%03d', fmt2 = '%d', field = 'dayofyear' },
I = { fmt = '%02d', fmt2 = '%d', field = 'hour', special = 'hour12' },
p = { field = 'hour', special = 'am' },
}
options = make_option_table(options, date.options)
local amopt = options.am
local eraopt = options.era
local function replace_code(spaces, modifier, id)
local code = codes[id]
if code then
local fmt = code.fmt
if modifier == '-' and code.fmt2 then
fmt = code.fmt2
end
local value = date[code.field]
if not value then
return nil -- an undefined field in a partial date
end
local special = code.special
if special then
if special == 'hour12' then
value = value % 12
value = value == 0 and 12 or value
elseif special == 'am' then
local ap = ({
['a.m.'] = { 'a.m.', 'p.m.' },
['AM'] = { 'AM', 'PM' },
['A.M.'] = { 'A.M.', 'P.M.' },
})[ampm_options[amopt]] or { 'am', 'pm' }
return (spaces == '' and '' or ' ') .. (value < 12 and ap[1] or ap[2])
end
end
if code.field == 'year' then
local sign = (era_text[eraopt] or {}).sign
if not sign or format:find('%{era}', 1, true) then
sign = ''
if value <= 0 then
value = 1 - value
end
else
if value >= 0 then
sign = ''
else
value = -value
end
end
return spaces .. sign .. sformat(fmt, value)
end
return spaces .. (fmt and sformat(fmt, value) or value)
end
end
local function replace_property(spaces, id)
if id == 'era' then
-- Special case so can use local era option.
local result = get_era_for_year(eraopt, date.year)
if result == '' then
return ''
end
return (spaces == '' and '' or ' ') .. result
end
local result = date[id]
if type(result) == 'string' then
return spaces .. result
end
if type(result) == 'number' then
return spaces .. tostring(result)
end
if type(result) == 'boolean' then
return spaces .. (result and '1' or '0')
end
-- This occurs if id is an undefined field in a partial date, or is the name of a function.
return nil
end
local PERCENT = '\127PERCENT\127'
return (format
:gsub('%%%%', PERCENT)
:gsub('(%s*)%%{(%w+)}', replace_property)
:gsub('(%s*)%%(%-?)(%a)', replace_code)
:gsub(PERCENT, '%%')
)
end
local function _date_text(date, fmt, options)
-- Return a formatted string representing the given date.
if not is_date(date) then
error('date:text: need a date (use "date:text()" with a colon)', 2)
end
if type(fmt) == 'string' and fmt:match('%S') then
if fmt:find('%', 1, true) then
return strftime(date, fmt, options)
end
elseif date.partial then
fmt = date.month and 'my' or 'y'
else
fmt = 'dmy'
if date.hastime then
fmt = (date.second > 0 and 'hms ' or 'hm ') .. fmt
end
end
local function bad_format()
-- For consistency with other format processing, return given format
-- (or cleaned format if original was not a string) if invalid.
return mw.text.nowiki(fmt)
end
if date.partial then
-- Ignore days in standard formats like 'ymd'.
if fmt == 'ym' or fmt == 'ymd' then
fmt = date.month and '%Y-%m %{era}' or '%Y %{era}'
elseif fmt == 'my' or fmt == 'dmy' or fmt == 'mdy' then
fmt = date.month and '%B %-Y %{era}' or '%-Y %{era}'
elseif fmt == 'y' then
fmt = date.month and '%-Y %{era}' or '%-Y %{era}'
else
return bad_format()
end
return strftime(date, fmt, options)
end
local function hm_fmt()
local plain = make_option_table(options, date.options).bydefault.am
return plain and '%H:%M' or '%-I:%M %p'
end
local need_time = date.hastime
local t = collection()
for item in fmt:gmatch('%S+') do
local f
if item == 'hm' then
f = hm_fmt()
need_time = false
elseif item == 'hms' then
f = '%H:%M:%S'
need_time = false
elseif item == 'ymd' then
f = '%Y-%m-%d %{era}'
elseif item == 'mdy' then
f = '%B %-d, %-Y %{era}'
elseif item == 'dmy' then
f = '%-d %B %-Y %{era}'
else
return bad_format()
end
t:add(f)
end
fmt = t:join(' ')
if need_time then
fmt = hm_fmt() .. ' ' .. fmt
end
return strftime(date, fmt, options)
end
local day_info = {
-- 0=Sun to 6=Sat
[0] = { 'Sun', 'Sunday' },
{ 'Mon', 'Monday' },
{ 'Tue', 'Tuesday' },
{ 'Wed', 'Wednesday' },
{ 'Thu', 'Thursday' },
{ 'Fri', 'Friday' },
{ 'Sat', 'Saturday' },
}
local month_info = {
-- 1=Jan to 12=Dec
{ 'Jan', 'January' },
{ 'Feb', 'February' },
{ 'Mar', 'March' },
{ 'Apr', 'April' },
{ 'May', 'May' },
{ 'Jun', 'June' },
{ 'Jul', 'July' },
{ 'Aug', 'August' },
{ 'Sep', 'September' },
{ 'Oct', 'October' },
{ 'Nov', 'November' },
{ 'Dec', 'December' },
}
local function name_to_number(text, translate)
if type(text) == 'string' then
return translate[text:lower()]
end
end
local function day_number(text)
return name_to_number(text, {
sun = 0, sunday = 0,
mon = 1, monday = 1,
tue = 2, tuesday = 2,
wed = 3, wednesday = 3,
thu = 4, thursday = 4,
fri = 5, friday = 5,
sat = 6, saturday = 6,
})
end
local function month_number(text)
return name_to_number(text, {
jan = 1, january = 1,
feb = 2, february = 2,
mar = 3, march = 3,
apr = 4, april = 4,
may = 5,
jun = 6, june = 6,
jul = 7, july = 7,
aug = 8, august = 8,
sep = 9, september = 9, sept = 9,
oct = 10, october = 10,
nov = 11, november = 11,
dec = 12, december = 12,
})
end
local function _list_text(list, fmt)
-- Return a list of formatted strings from a list of dates.
if not type(list) == 'table' then
error('date:list:text: need "list:text()" with a colon', 2)
end
local result = { join = _list_join }
for i, date in ipairs(list) do
result[i] = date:text(fmt)
end
return result
end
local function _date_list(date, spec)
-- Return a possibly empty numbered table of dates meeting the specification.
-- Dates in the list are in ascending order (oldest date first).
-- The spec should be a string of form "<count> <day> <op>"
-- where each item is optional and
-- count = number of items wanted in list
-- day = abbreviation or name such as Mon or Monday
-- op = >, >=, <, <= (default is > meaning after date)
-- If no count is given, the list is for the specified days in date's month.
-- The default day is date's day.
-- The spec can also be a positive or negative number:
-- -5 is equivalent to '5 <'
-- 5 is equivalent to '5' which is '5 >'
if not is_date(date) then
error('date:list: need a date (use "date:list()" with a colon)', 2)
end
local list = { text = _list_text }
if date.partial then
return list
end
local count, offset, operation
local ops = {
['>='] = { before = false, include = true },
['>'] = { before = false, include = false },
['<='] = { before = true , include = true },
['<'] = { before = true , include = false },
}
if spec then
if type(spec) == 'number' then
count = floor(spec + 0.5)
if count < 0 then
count = -count
operation = ops['<']
end
elseif type(spec) == 'string' then
local num, day, op = spec:match('^%s*(%d*)%s*(%a*)%s*([<>=]*)%s*$')
if not num then
return list
end
if num ~= '' then
count = tonumber(num)
end
if day ~= '' then
local dow = day_number(day:gsub('[sS]$', '')) -- accept plural days
if not dow then
return list
end
offset = dow - date.dow
end
operation = ops[op]
else
return list
end
end
offset = offset or 0
operation = operation or ops['>']
local datefrom, dayfirst, daylast
if operation.before then
if offset > 0 or (offset == 0 and not operation.include) then
offset = offset - 7
end
if count then
if count > 1 then
offset = offset - 7*(count - 1)
end
datefrom = date + offset
else
daylast = date.day + offset
dayfirst = daylast % 7
if dayfirst == 0 then
dayfirst = 7
end
end
else
if offset < 0 or (offset == 0 and not operation.include) then
offset = offset + 7
end
if count then
datefrom = date + offset
else
dayfirst = date.day + offset
daylast = date.monthdays
end
end
if not count then
if daylast < dayfirst then
return list
end
count = floor((daylast - dayfirst)/7) + 1
datefrom = Date(date, {day = dayfirst})
end
for i = 1, count do
if not datefrom then break end -- exceeds date limits
list[i] = datefrom
datefrom = datefrom + 7
end
return list
end
-- A table to get the current date/time (UTC), but only if needed.
local current = setmetatable({}, {
__index = function (self, key)
local d = os.date('!*t')
self.year = d.year
self.month = d.month
self.day = d.day
self.hour = d.hour
self.minute = d.min
self.second = d.sec
return rawget(self, key)
end })
local function extract_date(newdate, text)
-- Parse the date/time in text and return n, o where
-- n = table of numbers wi