bo0ts / ddate

The ddate source ripped out of util-linux

PERPETUAL DATE CONVERTER FROM GREGORIAN TO POEE CALENDAR

SACRED DOCUMENT OF THE FROGS (old Erisian poem): 73 Days hath Chaos, Discord, Confusion, Bureaucracy, and Aftermath

THIS THING

This is exactly the same ddate version that can be found in the util-linux 2.20 release. It is here, because util-linux doesn’t build ddate by default anymore and at least the maintainer of the ArchLinux package seems happy to get rid of it. It is also available from the AUR.

BUILDING

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
make install  

SEASONS

Chaos

Patron Apostle Hung Mung

Discord

Patron Apostle Dr. Van Van Mojo

Confusion

Patron Apostle Sri Syadasti

Bureaucracy

Patron Apostle Zarathud

The Aftermath

Patron Apostle the Elder Malaclypse

DAYS OF THE WEEK

The DAYS OF THE WEEK are named from the five basic elements: SWEET, BOOM, PUNGENT, PRICKLE, and ORANGE.

1. Sweetmorn
2. Boomtime
3. Pungenday
4. Prickle-Prickle
5. Setting Orange

HOLIDAYS

Apostle Holydays

1. Mungday
2. Mojoday
3. Syaday
4. Zaraday
5. Maladay

Each occurs on the 5th day of the Season.

Seasons Holydays

1. Chaoflux
2. Discoflux
3. Confuflux
4. Bureflux
5. Afflux

Each occurs on the 50th day of the Season.

Saint Tib’s Day

Occurs once every four years (1 + 4 = 5) and is inserted between the 59th and 60th days of the Season of Chaos.

THE YEAR

							ST	BT	PD	PP	SO									SM	BT	PD	PP	SO
Jan	1	2	3	4	5		1	2	3	4	5	Chs	Jul	5	6	7	8	9		40	41	42	43	44	Cfn
	6	7	8	9	10		6	7	8	9	10			10	11	12	13	14		45	46	47	48	49
	11	12	13	14	15		11	12	13	14	15			15	16	17	18	19		50	51	52	53	54
	16	17	18	19	20		16	17	18	19	20			20	21	22	23	24		55	56	57	58	59
	21	22	23	24	25		21	22	23	24	25			25	26	27	28	29		60	61	62	63	64
	26	27	28	29	30		26	27	28	29	30			30	31	1	2	3		65	66	67	68	69
	31	1	2	3	4		31	32	33	34	35		Aug	4	5	6	7	8		70	71	72	73	1	Bcy
Feb	5	6	7	8	9		36	37	38	39	40			9	10	11	12	13		2	3	4	5	6
	10	11	12	13	14		41	42	43	44	45			14	15	16	17	18		7	8	9	10	11
	15	16	17	18	19		46	47	48	49	50			19	20	21	22	23		12	13	14	15	16
	20	21	22	23	24		51	52	53	54	55			24	25	26	27	28		17	18	19	20	21
	25	26	27	28	* 1		56	57	58	59	60		Sep	29	30	31	1	2		22	23	24	25	26
Mar	2	3	4	5	6		61	62	63	64	65			3	4	5	6	7		27	28	29	30	31
	7	8	9	10	11		66	67	68	69	70			8	9	10	11	12		32	33	34	35	36
	12	13	14	15	16		71	72	73	1	2	Dsc		13	14	15	16	17		37	38	39	40	41
	17	18	19	20	21		3	4	5	6	7			18	19	20	21	22		42	43	44	45	46
	22	23	24	25	26		8	9	10	11	12			23	24	25	26	27		47	48	49	50	51
	27	28	29	30	31		13	14	15	16	17			28	29	30	1	2		52	53	54	55	56
Apr	1	2	3	4	5		18	19	20	21	22		Oct	3	4	5	6	7			57	58	59	60	61
	6	7	8	9	10		23	24	25	26	27			8	9	10	11	12		62	63	64	65	66
	11	12	13	14	15		28	29	30	31	32			13	14	15	16	17		67	68	69	70	71
	16	17	18	19	20		33	34	35	36	37			18	19	20	21	22		72	73	1	2	3	Afm
	21	22	23	24	25		38	39	40	41	42			23	24	25	26	27		4	5	6	7	8
	26	27	28	29	30		43	44	45	46	47			28	29	30	31	1		9	10	11	12	13
May	1	2	3	4	5		48	49	50	51	52		Nov	2	3	4	5	6		14	15	16	17	18
	6	7	8	9	10		53	54	55	56	57			7	8	9	10	11		19	20	21	22	23
	11	12	13	14	15		58	59	60	61	62			12	13	14	15	16		24	25	26	27	28
	16	17	18	19	20		63	64	65	66	67			17	18	19	20	21		29	30	31	32	33
	21	22	23	24	25		68	69	70	71	72			22	23	24	25	26		34	35	36	37	38
	26	27	28	29	30		73	1	2	3	4	Cfn		27	28	29	30	1		39	40	41	42	43
	31	1	2	3	4		5	6	7	8	9		Dec	2	3	4	5	6		44	45	46	47	48
Jun	5	6	7	8	9		10	11	12	13	14			7	8	9	10	11		49	50	51	52	53
	10	11	12	13	14		15	16	17	18	19			12	13	14	15	16		54	55	56	57	58
	15	16	17	18	19		20	21	22	23	24			17	18	19	20	21		59	60	61	62	63
	20	21	22	23	24		25	26	27	28	29			22	23	24	25	26		64	65	66	67	68
	25	26	27	28	29		30	31	32	33	34			27	28	29	30	31		69	70	71	72	73
	30	1	2	3	4		35	36	37	38	39

[1970| = 3136|] [Next| St|. Tib’s| | Day| in| 3138|]

ddate's Issues

missing tag for version with cmake

Hi,

I'm just trying to create a specfile, and things would be easier if I could just get a tarball of the version with cmake. Would you mind adding a tag?

(reason not to use the overall download is that I want to be able to give a fixed version; I also tried to add the tag on my own and pull-request you, but github doesn't see tags alone as a good reason for a pull request)

cheers,
Jonas

Crashes on St. Tib's day

Well, okay, only with "invalid" format string, but this

ddate "+%}%{" 29 2 2012

creates an endless loop (or anything else resulting in tib_end < tib_start like %A%e).

suggestions:

in line 262:

if(tib_start>=0)    tib_end=i+1;

after the first loop, add a sanity check:

if (tib_end < tib_start) tib_end = tib_start + 1;

This will probably fix half of the only bug documented in the man page ;)

Issues in man ddate man page

`Dear ddate maintainer,
the manpage-l10n project maintains a large number of translations of
man pages both from a large variety of sources (including ddate) as
well for a large variety of target languages.

During their work translators notice different possible issues in the
original (english) man pages. Sometimes this is a straightforward
typo, sometimes a hard to read sentence, sometimes this is a
convention not held up and sometimes we simply do not understand the
original.

We use several distributions as sources and update regularly (at
least every 2 month). This means we are fairly recent (some
distributions like archlinux also update frequently) but might miss
the latest upstream version once in a while, so the error might be
already fixed. We apologize and ask you to close the issue immediately
if this should be the case, but given the huge volume of projects and
the very limited number of volunteers we are not able to double check
each and every issue.

Secondly we translators see the manpages in the neutral po format,
i.e. converted and harmonized, but not the original source (be it man,
groff, xml or other). So we cannot provide a true patch (where
possible), but only an approximation which you need to convert into
your source format.

Finally the issues I'm reporting have accumulated over time and are
not always discovered by me, so sometimes my description of the
problem my be a bit limited - do not hesitate to ask so we can clarify
them.

I'm now reporting the errors for your project. If future reports
should use another channel, please let me know.

Man page: ddate.1
Issue: B<date(1),> → B(1),
(sorry, github mangels the report here: move the (1), out of the bracket)

"If a format string is specified, the Discordian date will be printed in a "
"format specified by the string. This mechanism works similarly to the format "
"string mechanism of B<date(1),> only almost completely differently. The "
"fields are:"

Man page: ddate.1
Issue: B<ddate(1)> → B(1)
(sorry, github mangels the report here: move the (1) out of the bracket)

"B<ddate(1)> will produce undefined behavior if asked to produce the date for "
"St. Tib's day and its format string does not contain the St. Tib's Day "
"delimiters %{ and %}."

`

What is Discordian Dates?

It would be very helpful to have at least some mention in the top level README, Perhaps a introduction, that mentions... What the heck is a discordian date!
Basically someone just following links to here, has no idea what you are talking about, or what the project is for. A link to wikipedia (if it has something on it) would be adequate.

PRs going unmerged, issues going undiscussed, has @bo0ts given up?

Hmmmm, I volunteer to maintain if so.

Is there possibility to add translation?

I'm willing to translate this program to polish.

Feature Proposal: Neural Extensions for day names

Today is Sweetmorn (Time after Time, Catch a Wave), the 51st day of Chaos in the YOLD 3186

Just for fun, and since I got a bit bored of the five weekdays, I've created a set of 72 additional weekdays by feeding the five days into https://talktotransformer.com as a list. A version with this list is at FeepingCreature@7421de4 ; they start neat but go increasingly weird as the network loses track of what sort of thing the list is for.

Right now this is a hardcoded, hand-generated list. I'm thinking of regenerating them every season and sticking the file on a public webserver somewhere so there's a new random set of extended day names every time. If I don't get around to that though, I still wanted to bring the idea up. :)