repubdate
A package to allow Javscript Date objects to report the date in the style of the French Republican Calendar. The calendar was active for only twelve years, from 1793-1805, and it is unclear how it was meant to be extended to the current day. We use the Romme System to calculate the date for years outside of the bounds of the extant use of the calendar.
Installation
Install using npm
:
$ npm install repubdate
Usage
repubdate creates a method, toRevolutionaryString
, in the standard javascript Date object.
;var napoleoncoup = "11-9-1799";console;//outputs "18 Brumaire, an VIII
toRevolutionaryString
can take an optional mode
parameter, for other formats.
short
uses short names for the months.
;var napoleoncoup = "11-9-1799";console;//outputs "18 Bru, VIII"
verbose
uses the full name, includes the name of the day within the Décade, as well as the item, animal, or plant that is to be celebrated on that day.
;var napoleoncoup = "11-9-1799";console;//outputs "Octidi 18 Brumaire, année de la République VIII, le jour du Dentelaire"
english
is the verbose string, but in English rather than French.
;var napoleoncoup = "11-9-1799";console;//outputs "Octidi 18 Brumaire, year of the Republic VIII, the day of the Leadworts"
numeric
is a short version in DD/MM/YY format.
;var napoleoncoup = "11-9-1799";console;//outputs "18/2/8"