Template talk:RD Archive header

Usage

<noinclude>{{subst:Archive header|14|June|Entertainment|2007}}</noinclude>

Bug

FYI If this template copied the exact date math from Template:Reference desk navigation it's going to be subject to the same currentyear glitch as the older template--172.166.213.97 21:09, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Transclusion

The header will now point to the current desk when it determines that there is no existing archive page newer than itself. This is because when editing live transclusion pages, you could only move foward to 2 days before the current date. Now you can move forward to the current date.  freshofftheufoΓΛĿЌ  01:32, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Bug fix

I'm going to change the code of the NextMonth template to this:

{{#ifeq:{{CURRENTMONTH}}|1|{{#time:F|{{{2|August}}}+1 month}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|{{#time:F Y|{{{2|August}}} {{{1|20}}}+1 month}}}}

and after that I'll do the same to the tomorrow templates as a fix to the problem when the year changes.

I'm pretty sure the code is sound, but I have a reputation for making silly coding mistakes so can someone just confirm that it's OK? The pseudo code would look like this:

if CURRENTMONTH is 1
 print calculateDate(month) + " " + CURRENTYEAR
else
 print calculateDate(month and year)
end if

This way, if the bot calculates NextMonth for January in December (it shouldn't), the #time function will automatically roll over to the next year (normal), and if it calculates NextMonth for January in January (it passes "December" as a parameter, so this is possible, and the bot should be doing this at 0:00), the year will default to CURRENTYEAR and won't roll over (added). I'm tired, I should only be attempting this with a clear head.  freshofftheufoΓΛĿЌ  08:57, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

New Bug Fix

Sorry I kind of disappeared there without finishing off the fix before the new year. I still don't plan on being active for a while, but I just wanted to say thanks to VP and Martin and all for fixing up that mess that I really should have averted long ago. Later dudes.  freshofftheufoΓΛĿЌ  04:23, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Rename

Unless there are objections, I intend to rename this template to RD Archive header (and for the monthly header also). --Steve Summit (talk) 13:55, 18 July 2007 (UTC)