Iranian
calendar, also called the Jalali calendar, dates back
to the eleventh century, when Jalal-ed-din Malek Shah
Seljuq commissioned a panel of scientists in 1074-1079
AD to create a calendar more accurate than those in
use at the time. (more on the calculation at
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/a
> Ahmad Anvari schreef:
> > I would suggest registering DateTime::Calendar::Jalali
> > for now.
>
> If that's what most potential users would recognize, it's the right
> name. I wouldn't have recognized it, but I'm not the intended audience.
> (But I'll install it anyway...)
We could also put in a
Ahmad Anvari schreef:
> I would suggest registering DateTime::Calendar::Jalali
> for now.
If that's what most potential users would recognize, it's the right
name. I wouldn't have recognized it, but I'm not the intended audience.
(But I'll install it anyway...)
Eugene
> That's why I can't tell what the correct name would be for this
> calendar, (and why you can't either, I presume). Ahmad is hopefully more
> familiar with how the calendar is used today.
It's important that it's name is meaningful to potential users. We'll just document
that we decided Jalali,
Joshua Hoblitt schreef:
> > It looks like the Jalali calendar is also called the Persian calendar,
> > so DateTime::Calendar::Persian is a possibility too. I'm not familiar
> > with this calendar, its most common name, and the way it is used, so you
> > (Ahmad) should
> It looks like the Jalali calendar is also called the Persian calendar,
> so DateTime::Calendar::Persian is a possibility too. I'm not familiar
> with this calendar, its most common name, and the way it is used, so you
> (Ahmad) should judge for yourself what name would be best
Flavio S. Glock schreef:
> The first step would be to write to [EMAIL PROTECTED],
> in order to "register" your calendar in the
> "DateTime" namespace.
> It would probably be named "DateTime::Calendar::Jalali".
It looks like the Jalali calendar is als
Ahmad:
The first step would be to write to [EMAIL PROTECTED],
in order to "register" your calendar in the
"DateTime" namespace.
It would probably be named "DateTime::Calendar::Jalali".
Also, you could download one of the existing Calendars,
and take a look at the code:
http://search.cpan.org/s
