GNU bug report logs - #46736
Add gnus-article-date-emacs-calendar

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Add gnus-article-date-emacs-calendar
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 07:37:24 +0800

Noting
W T e		gnus-article-date-lapsed
W T i		gnus-article-date-iso8601
W T l		gnus-article-date-local
W T o		gnus-article-date-original
W T p		gnus-article-date-english
W T s		gnus-article-date-user
W T u		gnus-article-date-ut
W T z		gnus-article-date-ut
and
(info "(emacs) Calendar Systems")
one thinks, ah ha, why aren't these tied together, with a
W T x ...   	gnus-article-date-emacs-calendar
which would fetch the date via emacs' calendar system,
(Where each letter was a different calendar system.)
So
W T x a
would show your mail's date in the Azerbaijani calendar,
W T x b
would show your mail's date in the Bulgarian calendar, etc.

Some real examples:

Here in Taiwan, all official documents use 110, not 2021, so such would
be very useful for people who want to think in one system when reading a
mail.

Same in Japan. It's not "only 2021" officially.

Message #8 received at 46736 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 46736 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#46736: Add gnus-article-date-emacs-calendar
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 17:22:28 +0100

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> writes:

> W T x a
> would show your mail's date in the Azerbaijani calendar,
> W T x b
> would show your mail's date in the Bulgarian calendar, etc.
>
> Some real examples:
>
> Here in Taiwan, all official documents use 110, not 2021, so such would
> be very useful for people who want to think in one system when reading a
> mail.

It doesn't really seem generally useful, and there's too many calendars
in the world to even make an attempt.  You can format the Date header
any way you want to by writing your own function, though.  Closing.

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