From: er0ck <er...@gm...> - 2011-11-12 06:27:16
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oh. i meant {{#time md}}. (m and d are zero padded) but if i store the start day as a number property it's not zero padded when fetching a season's property thusly: {{#show: {{{Season}}} | ?Has start day}} i could use {{#expr:}} to pad it, but that's annoying. easier way? ______________________________________________ Too brief? Here's why: http://emailcharter.org On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 21:35, er0ck <er...@gm...> wrote: > my other concern is with using start date and end date properties. > SMW's date property apparently cannot utilize just a month and a day. > however, i guess we could use {{#date:}} to format a number to compare > to "start month" "start day" and "end month" and "end day". > > opinions/experiences? > > thanks > -e > ______________________________________________ > Too brief? Here's why: http://emailcharter.org > > > > > On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 18:42, er0ck <er...@gm...> wrote: >> nice wiki! i'd investigate how you are using recurring events (i had >> investigated that), but i can't read (what i'm assuming is) Niuean? >> i didn't think recurring events would work for a date range with the >> following attributes (copied from help wiki): >> property - the Date property that is being set to all the values >> start - the first date of the series >> end - the last date of the series (optional) >> unit - the time unit for the event's frequency; options are >> 'year', 'month', 'week' and 'day' (optional - default is 'day') >> period - the number of time units between one occurrence and the >> next (optional - default is 1) >> week number - if the unit is set to 'month', this parameter >> indicates that the event happens on a certain numbered day of the week >> in each month, like the 1st Thursday of every month. A negative value >> (anything from -1 to -4) indicates that the event happens on the nth >> last such day of the month, such as the 2nd-to-last Monday. The actual >> day of the week is defined by the start date. Note: using this option >> requires version 1.5.0.a or greater of SMW. >> include - any additional dates to include in the series, separated >> by semicolons (;) (optional) >> exclude - any dates to exclude from the series, separated by >> semicolons (optional) >> >> have any details on how you implemented? my wiki isn't public yet. >> if i do something different, i'll point it out, or reproduce on >> scratchpad >> thanks! >> -eric >> ______________________________________________ >> Too brief? Here's why: http://emailcharter.org >> >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 00:19, Leonard Wallentin >> <leo...@ho...> wrote: >>> >>> I use internal recurring events (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Internal_Objects) for seasons at Säsongsmat.nu (http://xn--ssongsmat-v2a.nu/ssm/Huvudsida). That allows for easy querying of what pages are currently in season, comparing season lengths, and also having multiple seasons over the year for a page. The only drawbackI've found s far with that approach is that it is tricky to get a list of, say for instance, pages that came in season the last week. That would be easier using start and end date properties (I'm actually thinking of using both, but I may just write an seasons extension to SMW instead). >>> I'm very interested in look at other "seasonal" implementations of SMW, is your wiki public? >>> ________________________________ >>> Leonard Wallentin >>> leo...@ho... >>> +46 (0)735-933 543 >>> http://säsongsmat.nu >>> http://nairobikoll.se/ >>> http://twitter.com/leo_wallentin >>> Skype: leo_wallentin >>> >>> >>> >>> > From: er...@gm... >>> > Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:55:25 -0800 >>> > To: sem...@li... >>> > Subject: [Semediawiki-user] queries for pages with date ranges >>> > >>> > Hi again all, >>> > i have pages corresponding to the "seasons". the page for each season >>> > will have "start date" and "end date" properties. >>> > >>> > how can i query that the current date is between these dates? >>> > mainly i can't figure out how to use today's date in {{#expr:}}. >>> > >>> > thanks! >>> > ______________________________________________ >>> > Too brief? Here's why: http://emailcharter.org >>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> > RSA(R) Conference 2012 >>> > Save $700 by Nov 18 >>> > Register now >>> > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Semediawiki-user mailing list >>> > Sem...@li... >>> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user >> > |