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Date as Stardate (as in Star Trek)

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From: Capt.J.T. Kirk
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 09:49
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Here is a '\stardate' macro for all Star Trek freaks
(and naturally other 'normal' people too)

%-Cut here-
%---- Definition for Stardate as in Star Trek (used for 'normal' life) ----
%---- Written 9203.26 by A.Minidis (Capt. J.T. Kirk)                   ----
%---- USAGE: ' \stardate '                                             ----
%---- Result:  Stardate YYMM.DD           ; YY=year, MM=month, DD=day  ----
%----                        KEEP ON TREKKING                          ----
\newcount\sdyear
\sdyear=\year \advance\sdyear by -1900
\def\stardate{%
{\sc Stardate \number\sdyear %
	\ifnum \month<10 0\fi%
	\number\month%
	.ifnum \day<10 0\fi%
	\number\day}}
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------
%-and cut here-

if anybody should have a suggestion how to imrove this macro, I'd appreciat it.

 
Alexander                                <minidis@urz.unibas.ch>
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From: minidis@urz.unibas.ch ( Capt.J.T. Kirk )
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Subject: Date as Stardate (as in Star Trek)
Message-ID: <1992Apr9.104917.14112@urz.unibas.ch>
Date: 9 Apr 92 10:49:17 MET
Organization: University of Basel, Switzerland
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