def create_calendar_object(hyear):
''' create the libhdate calendar object
and set it's location and time zone
'''
hcal = HcalWrapper()
# time calculations use the location
# some useful locations and time zones:
# Eilat : 29, 34, 2
# Haifa : 32, 34, 2
# Jerusalem : 31, 35, 2
# Tel Aviv : 32, 34, 2
# Ashdod : 31, 34, 2
# Beer Sheva : 31, 34, 2
# Tiberias : 32, 35, 2
# London : 51, 0, 0
# Paris : 48, 2, 1
# New York : 40, -74, -5
# Moscow : 55, 37, 3
# set location for tel aviv
longitude = 32.08 # N
latitude = 34.8 # E
time_zone = 2 # israel UTC+2
dst = 0 # DST - daylight saving time
hcal.set_location (longitude, latitude, time_zone + dst)
# set holiday and readings (parasha) for Israel / Diaspory
hcal.set_israel ()
#set_diaspora ()
return hcal
def get_year_start(hyear):
''' calculate the year's julian and length
return: a tupple of the julian number for 1'st of Tishrey
and the length of the year
'''
hcal = HcalWrapper()
# get Julian for year start
hcal.set_hdate(1, 1, hyear)
jd_1_tishrey = hcal.get_julian()
hyear_length = hcal.get_size_of_year()
return (jd_1_tishrey, hyear_length)
def get_calendar_header(hyear):
''' create a header dictionary useful for
renedring the calendar first page
'''
hcal = HcalWrapper()
# get header for year calendar,
# calculate Gregorian year for 5 be Iyaar)
hcal.set_hdate(5, 8, hyear)
gyear = hcal.get_gyear()
hyear_length = hcal.get_size_of_year()
# significant dates
mered_gadol = gyear - 70
israel = gyear - 1948
jerusalem = gyear - 1967
# set the header
header = {
'hyear' : hcal.int_to_str(hcal.get_hyear()),
'gyear' : '%d-%d' % (gyear - 1, gyear),
'mered_gadol' : mered_gadol,
'israel' : israel,
'jerusalem' : jerusalem,
'hebrew_year_length' : hyear_length
}
return header
