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elixir-cldr / cldr_dates_times

Date & times formatting functions for the Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) package https://github.com/elixir-cldr/cldr
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Formatting dates with quarters #24

Closed kipcole9 closed 2 years ago

kipcole9 commented 3 years ago

From @DaTrader Not my intention to use this github issue as a thread, but while at it, I also took a look at your other libraries, namely Date/Time and Territories. I saw the support for quarters in Date/Time as in 2Q. But does the date/time formatting also support formatting like 2Q21 21Q2 Y1Q2 1Q2Y? I have all these implemented in a proprietary manner at the app level (not as a library) but I believe they would be very useful in financial reporting for other users as well so I figured you may consider adding them in a future release as, unlike mine, your approach to the subject is standard based, and I for first would be more than happy to switch over to your other libraries.

kipcole9 commented 3 years ago

The readme has the formatting codes. Here are some examples:

iex> Cldr.Date.to_string Date.utc_today, format: "yyqqq"
{:ok, "21Q3"}

iex> Cldr.Date.to_string Date.utc_today, format: "qqq-yy"
{:ok, "Q3-21"}

iex> Cldr.Date.to_string Date.utc_today, format: "qqq'Y'yy"
{:ok, "Q3Y21"}

I don't know your problem domain, but you did mention financial reporting. The library ex_cldr_calendars implements configurable financial calendars you might find useful. They work with date time formatting correctly as well.

DaTrader commented 3 years ago

Thanks. Must have missed this part in the docs. This will do just fine.