Timeline

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

local p = {}
local lang = mw.language.new("en")

function p.render( frame )
	if not mw.smw then
        return "mw.smw module not found"
	end
	
	local dates = {}
	
	local startDate = frame.args["startDate"]
	local timeRange = tonumber(frame.args["range"])
	local fromDate = tostring(tonumber(lang:formatDate("Y", startDate))-timeRange).."-"..lang:formatDate("m-d", startDate)
	local toDate = tostring(tonumber(lang:formatDate("Y", startDate))+timeRange).."-"..lang:formatDate("m-d", startDate)
	
	local peopleBirthDates = mw.smw.ask("[[Category:Person]][[Person:Date of birth::>{{#time:"..fromDate.."}}]][[Person:Date of birth::<{{#time:"..toDate.."}}]]|?Person:Name|?Person:Date of birth")
	local peopleDeathDates = mw.smw.ask("[[Category:Person]][[Person:Date of death::>{{#time:"..fromDate.."}}]][[Person:Date of death::<{{#time:"..toDate.."}}]]|?Person:Name|?Person:Date of death")
	local compositionDates = mw.smw.ask("[[Category:Composition]][[Composition:Date::>{{#time:"..fromDate.."}}]][[Composition:Date::<{{#time:"..toDate.."}}]]|?Person:Title|?Composition:Date")
	
	local result = ""
	
	result = fromDate
	
	return result
end

return p