Timeline

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Timeline/doc

local p = {}

function p.render( frame )
	if not mw.smw then
        return "mw.smw module not found"
	end
	local peopleBirthDates = mw.smw.ask("[[Category:Person]]|?Person:Name|?Person:Date of birth")
	local peopleDeathDates = mw.smw.ask("[[Category:Person]]|?Person:Name|?Person:Date of death")
	local compositionDates = mw.smw.ask("[[Category:Composition]]|?Person:Title|?Composition:Date")
	
	local result = ""
	
	for num, row in pairs( peopleBirthDates ) do
		result = result .. mw.language:formatDate("U", row["Person:Date of birth"])
	end
	
	return result
end

return p