[latex3-commits] [git/LaTeX3-latex3-babel] docs: Umm al-Qura calendar. (32ef6af)

[Javier]

Repository : https://github.com/latex3/babel
On branch  : docs
Link       : https://github.com/latex3/babel/commit/32ef6af5832ca60fd739987218d4edc868053ef9

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commit 32ef6af5832ca60fd739987218d4edc868053ef9
Author: Javier <email at localhost>
Date:   Thu May 26 19:09:03 2022 +0200

    Umm al-Qura calendar.


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32ef6af5832ca60fd739987218d4edc868053ef9
 docs/news/whats-new-in-babel-3.76.md | 9 +++++++--
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diff --git a/docs/news/whats-new-in-babel-3.76.md b/docs/news/whats-new-in-babel-3.76.md
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@@ -16,14 +16,19 @@ Until now, `babel` provided just the Hebrew calendar with `hebcal.sty`,
 which shows how cumbersome can be the required computations with pure
 TeX. Now, thanks to the `l3fp` library, they are quite straighforward.
 
-Currently, the calendar `islamic-civil` has been added to `arabic` /
-`ar`. An example is (**Syntax liable to change.**):
+Currently, the calendars `islamic-civil` and `islamic-umalqura` have
+been added to `arabic` / `ar`. An example is (**Syntax liable to
+change.**):
 ```
 \babelcalendar[2022-04-01]{islamic-civil}\iyear\imonth\iday
 \localedate[calendar=islamic]\iyear\imonth\iday
 ```
 Without the optional argument the current date is used.
 
+The Umm al-Qura calendar is restricted to years close to the current
+one (approx. 1435-1460). This will be very likely the default islamic
+calendar, but it’s still under study.
+
 Of course new tools will be added to configure the locales when they
 are loaded.