Module:Sandbox/DixonD/Datetime explained

local Error = require('Module:Error')local this = ;

this.calendars = ;

function this.registerCalendar(moduleName, ...) moduleName = require(moduleName); --debug only: not lazily this.calendars[#(this.calendars)] = moduleName; --indexed by number, module loaded lazily for i = 1, arg.n do this.calendars[arg[i]] = moduleName; -- indexed by code, module loaded lazily end;end;

this.registerCalendar("Module:Sandbox/DixonD/Datetime/Gregorian", "Gregorian", "g"); --first position is the defaultthis.registerCalendar("Module:Sandbox/DixonD/Datetime/Julian", "Julian", "j");-- more calendars may be added later in new modules pluggable here into this factory...

function this.selectCalendar(index) if index

nil then index = 0; -- use the default calendar (Gregorian as set above) end;

local calendar = this.calendars[index]; if calendar

nil then return index; -- fast path: assume that index is a calendar object (not indexed) already loaded end;

if type(calendar)

"string" then -- calendar is a string (i.e. a module name) local moduleName = calendar; calendar = require(moduleName); -- effective loading of calendar object if calendar

nil then return tostring(Error.error); end; -- replace the moduleName given ad value of any calendar key by the newly loaded calendar object for k, v in pairs(this.calendars) do if v

moduleName then this.calendars[k] = calendar; end; end; end; -- else assume calendar is a valid calendar object

return calendar;end;

-- main functionsfunction this.julianDay(year, month, day, hour, minute, second, calendar) calendar = this.selectCalendar(calendar); if calendar

nil then return tostring(Error.error); end;

return calendar.julianDay(year, month, day, hour, minute, second);end;

function this.dateOfJulianDay(julianDay, calendar) calendar = this.selectCalendar(calendar); if calendar

nil then return tostring(Error.error); end;

return calendar.dateOfJulianDay(julianDay);end;

function this.yearOfJulianDay(julianDay, calendar) calendar = this.selectCalendar(calendar); if calendar

nil then return tostring(Error.error); end;

return calendar.yearOfJulianDay(julianDay);end; function this.monthOfJulianDay(julianDay, calendar) calendar = this.selectCalendar(calendar); if calendar

nil then return tostring(Error.error); end;

return calendar.monthOfJulianDay(julianDay);end; function this.dayOfJulianDay(julianDay, calendar) calendar = this.selectCalendar(calendar); if calendar

nil then return tostring(Error.error); end;

return calendar.dayOfJulianDay(julianDay);end; function this.weekdayOfJulianDay(julianDay, calendar) calendar = this.selectCalendar(calendar); if calendar

nil then return tostring(Error.error); end;

return calendar.weekdayOfJulianDay(julianDay);end; function this.hourOfJulianDay(julianDay, calendar) calendar = this.selectCalendar(calendar); if calendar

nil then return tostring(Error.error); end;

return calendar.hourOfJulianDay(julianDay);end; function this.minuteOfJulianDay(julianDay, calendar) calendar = this.selectCalendar(calendar); if calendar

nil then return tostring(Error.error); end;

return calendar.minuteOfJulianDay(julianDay);end; function this.secondOfJulianDay(julianDay, calendar) calendar = this.selectCalendar(calendar); if calendar

nil then return tostring(Error.error); end;

return calendar.secondOfJulianDay(julianDay);end;

return this;