(webdev Tory) :emacs:

Todo: write a script to convert from a given JDN to verbose date. So `babashka-date 2024030` => `Tue 2024.01.30`. Apparently GNU bash `date` can OUTPUT formats that it cannot intake.

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(λ. borkdude)

@worldsendless java.time which is in bb can do this

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(webdev Tory) :emacs:

@borkdude Well, it isn't one line, but it is basically one function. It took some research into how and what libraries to use, but here it is: gitlab.com/toryanderson/bb-jul

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(λ. borkdude)

@worldsendless It's recommended to use java.time (newer thread-safe API) over java.text (single threaded, kinda deprecated)

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@borkdude you mean the `java.text.SimpleDateFormat` ? I searched all over the internet and that is the only thing I could find to get the function right

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Tim Zöller

@worldsendless @borkdude This one is more common docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/

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(webdev Tory) :emacs:

@javahippie @borkdude Thanks for that!

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(λ. borkdude)

@worldsendless

```
(def from-fmt (java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter/ofPattern "yyyyMMdd"))
(def date (java.time.LocalDate/parse "20101022" from-fmt))
(def to-fmt (java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter/ofPattern "E yyyy.MM.dd"))
(println (.format to-fmt date))
```

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(webdev Tory) :emacs:

@borkdude thanks!

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