[pmwiki-users] Conditional Directive based on time

[Jonathan Scott Duff]

On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 08:01:48AM -0500, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> Well, I'm thinking that I'd like the items below to remain somewhat
> consistent:
> 
>     (:if date 20051206-20051210 :)
>     (:if date -20051210 :)
> 
> So, if the first one includes December 10th (i.e., through 23:59:59), 
> then the second one should also.  

Indeed.  I think most people have an easier time with including the
ending date than otherwise, so I think the semantics should be

	(:if date 20051206- :)		display on and after Dec 6
	(:if date -20051210 :)		display before and on Dec 10
	(:if date 20051206-20051210 :)  display Dec 6,7,8,9, and 10

If people really want before/after we could do something like this:

	(:if date after 20051206 :)	display starting on Dec 7
	(:if date before 20051210 :)	display up to and including Dec 9

BTW, I notice that you consistently put a space at the end of your
directives--is that purely for readability?

-Scott
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Jonathan Scott Duff
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