Module:Countdown/sandbox explained

-- This module powers .

local p =

-- Constantslocal lang = mw.language.getContentLanguagelocal getArgs = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs

local function formatMessage(secondsLeft, event, color) local timeLeft = lang:formatDuration(secondsLeft,) -- Find whether we are plural or not. local isOrAre if string.match(timeLeft, '^%d+')

'1' then isOrAre = 'is' else isOrAre = 'are' end -- Color and bold the numbers, because it makes them look important. timeLeft = string.gsub(timeLeft, '(%d+)', '

%1') return string.format('There %s %s until %s.', isOrAre, timeLeft, event)end

function p.main(frame) local args = getArgs(frame)

if not (args.year and args.month and args.day) then return 'Error: year, month, and day must be specified' end

local timeArgs = for k,v in pairs(timeArgs) do if not tonumber(v) then error('Argument ' .. k .. ' could not be parsed as a number: ' .. v) end end local eventTime = os.time(timeArgs) local timeToStart = os.difftime(eventTime, os.time) -- (future time - current time) local text if timeToStart > 0 then -- Event has not begun yet text = formatMessage(timeToStart, args.event or 'the event begins', args.color) elseif args.duration then local timeToEnd if args['duration unit'] then -- Duration is in unit other than seconds, use formatDate to add timeToEnd = tonumber(lang:formatDate('U', '@' .. tostring(timeToStart) .. ' +' .. tostring(args.duration) .. ' ' .. args['duration unit'])) else timeToEnd = timeToStart + (tonumber(args.duration) or error('args.duration should be a number of seconds', 0)) end if timeToEnd > 0 then -- Event is in progress text = args.eventstart or formatMessage(timeToEnd, (args.event or 'the event') .. ' ends', args.color) else -- Event had a duration and has now ended text = args.eventend or ((lang:ucfirst(args.event or 'The event')) .. ' has ended.') end else -- Event had no duration and has begun text = args.eventstart or ((lang:ucfirst(args.event or 'The event')) .. ' has started.') end local refreshLink if args.refresh

'no' then refreshLink = else refreshLink = mw.title.getCurrentTitle:fullUrl refreshLink = string.format('

([%s refresh])', refreshLink) end return text .. refreshLinkend

return p