Discordian date

Discordian date
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Convert a given date from the Gregorian calendar to the Discordian calendar.

See Also

• Discordian calendar (wiki)

J

<lang j>disc=: +"1&1166 0 0 </lang>

Example use:

<lang> disc 2012 2 29 3718 29</lang>

see talk page.

PicoLisp

Translation of: Python

<lang PicoLisp>(de disdate (Year Month Day)

  (let? Date (date Year Month Day)
     (let (Leap (date Year 2 29)  D (- Date (date Year 1 1)))
        (if (and Leap (= 2 Month) (= 29 Day))
           (pack "St. Tib's Day, YOLD " (+ Year 1166))
           (and Leap (>= D 60) (dec 'D))
           (pack
              (get
                 '("Chaos" "Discord" "Confusion" "Bureaucracy" "The Aftermath")
                 (inc (/ D 73)) )
              " "
              (inc (% D 73))
              ", YOLD "
              (+ Year 1166) ) ) ) ) )</lang>

Python

<lang python>import datetime, calendar

DISCORDIAN_SEASONS = ["Chaos", "Discord", "Confusion", "Bureaucracy", "The Aftermath"]

def ddate(year, month, day):

   today = datetime.date(year, month, day)
   is_leap_year = calendar.isleap(year)
   if is_leap_year and month == 2 and day == 29:
       return "St. Tib's Day, YOLD " + (year + 1166)
   
   day_of_year = today.timetuple().tm_yday - 1
   
   if is_leap_year and day_of_year >= 60:
       day_of_year -= 1 # Compensate for St. Tib's Day
   
   season, dday = divmod(day_of_year, 73)
   return "%s %d, YOLD %d" % (DISCORDIAN_SEASONS[season], dday + 1, year + 1166)

</lang>

Scala

Translation of: Python

<lang scala>import java.util.{GregorianCalendar, Calendar}

val DISCORDIAN_SEASONS=Array("Chaos", "Discord", "Confusion", "Bureaucracy", "The Aftermath") def ddate(year:Int, month:Int, day:Int):String={

  val date=new GregorianCalendar(year, month-1, day)
  val dyear=year+1166

  val isLeapYear=date.isLeapYear(year)
  if(isLeapYear && month==2 && day==29)
     return "St. Tib's Day "+dyear+" YOLD"

  var dayOfYear=date.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR)
  if(isLeapYear && dayOfYear>=60)
     dayOfYear-=1	// compensate for St. Tib's Day

  val dday=dayOfYear%73
  val season=dayOfYear/73
  "%s %d, %d YOLD".format(DISCORDIAN_SEASONS(season), dday, dyear)

}</lang>

Tcl

<lang tcl>package require Tcl 8.5 proc disdate {year month day} {

   # Get the day of the year
   set now [clock scan [format %02d-%02d-%04d $day $month $year] -format %d-%m-%Y]
   scan [clock format $now -format %j] %d doy

   # Handle leap years
   if {!($year%4) && (($year%100) || !($year%400))} {

if {$doy == 60} { return "St. Tib's Day, [expr {$year + 1166}] YOLD" } elseif {$doy > 60} { incr doy -1 }

   }

   # Main conversion to discordian format now that special cases are handled
   incr doy -1; # Allow div/mod to work right
   set season [lindex {Chaos Discord Confusion Bureaucracy {The Aftermath}} \

[expr {$doy / 73}]]

   set dos [expr {$doy % 73 + 1}]
   incr year 1166
   return "$season $dos, $year YOLD"

}</lang> Demonstrating: <lang tcl>puts [disdate 2010 7 22]; # Today puts [disdate 2012 2 28] puts [disdate 2012 2 29] puts [disdate 2012 3 1]</lang> Output:

Confusion 57, 3176 YOLD
Chaos 59, 3178 YOLD
St. Tib's Day, 3178 YOLD
Chaos 60, 3178 YOLD