Hi, > On 14 Nov 2016, at 08:56, Gerritjan Koekkoek <gerrit...@cdlsworld.org> wrote: > > Hi, > > > I think this might a velocity/java script or groovy question more as a xwiki > question. > > > We want to record a age (Period of days/seconds since birth date). > > What datatype would you recommend: > > - String structured > > - Numeric integer of Days or Seconds
I’d use a Number. > - Date/Time > > > We would like to be able to display the data as: > > - Date notation > > - Years, Months, Weeks > > - Years, Months, Days > > - Years, Months > > > Things to consider is that each month has different period lengths in days > and that each 4 years we have different number of days in a year > > > > Should/Can we do this server side (velocity) > > What velocity tools or services can we use I’d use Joda Time ($xwiki.jodatime). See http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Joda+Time+Plugin You should google jodatime to find out all its API (it’s quite rich). Thanks -Vincent > Gerritjan Koekkoek > Vader van Rai Koekkoek (cdls) en voorzitter vereniging CdLS > Visit our website<http://www.cdlsworld.org> > Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/gerritjan.koekkoek> > email<gerrit...@cdlsworld.org> _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
