pimutils/khal

[Request] Support more calendar systems

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#774 opened on Apr 21, 2018

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Hi,

I would be glad if khal would not only support the Gregorian calendar, but other calendar systems too. For me the Hebrew calendar[1] would be interesting as it also defines some official civil Israeli dates (e.g. Jom haAtzma'ut).

But there are other calendar systems too that may be of interest for many other people (e.g. the Chinese calendar[2]). Wikipedia has an overview of calendar systems[3].

Regards, abelbabel

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_calendar [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_calendar [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar#Calendars_in_use

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Research Python libraries for calendar conversion (e.g., convertdate, astral). Understand how khal currently handles the Gregorian calendar in date display and event creation, then extend that pattern to support other calendar systems like Hebrew and Chinese. Look for existing issues or discussions about calendar support.
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