Verzeichnis macros/latex/contrib/datemultical

LaTeX Package: DateMultiCal 2026-10-18 v0.2.0

Named dates and multi-calendar date formatting for LaTeX.

Description

datemultical provides a unified interface for defining, converting, and formatting named dates in LaTeX documents.

It provides two backends:

• basic: supports the Gregorian, Solar Hijri, and Lunar Hijri calendars under all supported engines, with English names and optional Persian localization;
• lua: selected by default under LuaLaTeX. It supports all calendar systems provided by lua-calendrica—currently 54, including the three core calendars and historical and astronomical calendars.

Newly added calendars become available automatically, without updating datemultical. The basic backend can be selected with the native option.

Installation

From CTAN

https://ctan.org/pkg/datemultical

~bash tlmgr install datemultical ~

From GitHub

~bash git clone https://github.com/gambi-shah/datemultical.git ~

Copy the files into a TeX-searchable directory, or keep them beside your document. Run mktexlsr if necessary.

Usage

~latex documentclass{article} usepackage{datemultical}

begin{document} dmcsetsh{birth}{1365}{3}{11} dmc{birth}{short} dmclh{birth}{full} end{document} ~

Use \usepackage[persian]{datemultical} for Persian localization and \usepackage[native]{datemultical} to select the basic backend under LuaLaTeX.

Lua Backend

Calendar-specific components can be defined with \dmcnew:

~latex dmcnewchinese{birth}{cycle=78,year=3,month=4,leap=false,day=24} ~

Documentation

See the main manual for configuration and examples.

License and maintainer

• License: LPPL 1.3c or later.
• Maintainer: Amer Amikhteh.
• Report bugs via the repository issue tracker.