Module:Countdown

-- This module powers. local p = {} -- Constants local lang = mw.language.getContentLanguage local getArgs = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs function formatMessage(secondsLeft, event, color, refreshLink) local timeLeft = lang:formatDuration(secondsLeft, {'years', 'weeks', 'days', 'hours', 'minutes', 'seconds'}) -- Find whether we are plural or not. local isOrAre if mw.ustring.match(timeLeft, '^%d+') == '1' then isOrAre = 'is' else isOrAre = 'are' end -- Color and bold the numbers, because it makes them look important. local timeLeft = mw.ustring.gsub(timeLeft, '(%d+)', '%1 ') -- Make the refresh link and join it all together. return mw.ustring.format('There %s %s until %s.%s', isOrAre, timeLeft, event, refreshLink) end function p.main(frame) local args = getArgs(frame) if not (args.year and args.month and args.day) then return ' Error: year, month, and day must be specified ' end local eventTime = os.time{year=args.year, month=args.month, day=args.day, hour=args.hour, min=args.minute, sec=args.second} local timeToStart = os.difftime(eventTime, os.time) -- (future time - current time) local refreshLink = mw.title.getCurrentTitle:fullUrl{action = 'purge'} refreshLink = mw.ustring.format(' ([%s refresh]) ', refreshLink) if timeToStart > 0 then -- Event has not begun yet return formatMessage(timeToStart, args.event or 'the event begins', args.color, refreshLink) elseif args.duration then local timeToEnd if args['duration unit'] then -- Duration is in unit other than seconds, use formatDate to add timeToEnd = tonumber(lang:formatDate('U', '@' .. tostring(timeToStart) .. ' +' .. tostring(args.duration) .. ' ' .. args['duration unit'])) else timeToEnd = timeToStart + tonumber(args.duration) end if timeToEnd > 0 then -- Event is in progress return args.eventstart .. refreshLink or formatMessage(timeToEnd, (args.event or 'the event') .. ' ends', args.color, refreshLink) else -- Event had a duration and has now ended return ((args.eventend or ((lang:ucfirst(args.event) or 'The event') .. ' has ended.')) .. refreshLink) end else -- Event had no duration and has begun return ((args.eventstart or ((lang:ucfirst(args.event) or 'The event') .. ' has started.')) .. refreshLink) end end return p