Carcharoth wrote:
>> I'm talking about something like <<DATE>> and then it would do
>> autoformatting of the date and it would also assist in the metadata
>> contained in the page as well, and also have the ability to force a
>> certain style and define date names as well (eg:
>> <<2008-12-25|f=Friday, 25 December 2008|name=Christmas Day (2008)>>)
>>     
> <<2008-12-25|f=Friday, 25 December 2008|name=Christmas Day (2008)>>
>
> That is rather complex. Most editors are not going to want to type that.
>
>   
True enough,  only 2008-12-25 is an independent variable.  The rest can 
be derived from it.  There are algorithms for determining the day of the 
week. When did Christmas last fall on a day other than 25 December?

Ec

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