Module:YMD to ISO

local p = {}

local function month_number(month_name)

local months_full = {january=1, february=2, march=3, april=4, may=5, june=6, july=7, august=8, september=9, october=10, november=11, december=12}

local months_abbr = {jan=1, feb=2, mar=3, apr=4, may=5, jun=6, jul=7, aug=8, sep=9, sept=9, oct=10, nov=11, dec=12}

local month_lc, _ = string.gsub(string.lower(month_name),'%.','',1)

local month_num = months_full[month_lc] or months_abbr[month_lc] or 0

return month_num

end

local function days_in_month(month_num,year)

-- modified from code in Module:Citation/CS1/Date_validation

local days = {31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31}

local month_length

if month_num == 2 then -- February: 28 days, unless leap year

month_length = 28

if year <= 1582 then -- Julian calendar before Oct 1582

if (year%4) == 0 then

month_length = 29 -- if leap year, then 29 days

end

else -- Gregorian calendar since Oct 1582

if ( (year%4)==0 and ((year%100)~=0 or (year%400)==0) ) then

month_length = 29 -- if leap year, then 29 days

end

end

else -- not February, get number of days for month

month_length = days[month_num]

end

return month_length

end

local function zero_pad(string)

if string.len(string) == 1 then

return '0' .. string

else

return string

end

end

function p.main(frame)

if frame.args[1] == nil then

return '' -- first argument is missing

end

local arg1, _ = string.gsub(mw.text.trim(frame.args[1]),'_',' ')

return p._main(arg1)

end

function p._main(arg1)

if arg1 == '' then

return '' -- first argument is empty

end

if not arg1:match('^%d%d%d%d %a%a%a%a?%.?%a?%a?%a?%a?%a?%a? *%d%d?$') then

return arg1 -- invalid date pattern

end

local year, month_name, day = string.match(arg1, '^(%d%d%d%d) *(%a%a%a%a?%.?%a?%a?%a?%a?%a?%a?) *(%d%d?)$')

if month_number(month_name) == 0 then

return arg1 -- invalid month name or abbreviation

end

if tonumber(day) < 1 or tonumber(day) > days_in_month(month_number(month_name),tonumber(year)) then

return arg1 -- invalid day number for given month

end

return year .. '-' .. zero_pad(tostring(month_number(month_name))) .. '-' .. zero_pad(day)

end

return p