Taarikh

Synopsis

Taarikh is a field formatter and widget module to display and input hijri dates using the fields defined by the date module. The formatter can work with all the fields defined by the date module, i.e., Date, Date (ISO format) and Date (Unix timestamp). The widget, however, does not work with Date (Unix timestamp).

Requirements (D7)

This module requires the following modules:

• Date 2.x branch
• Libraries 2.x branch

In addition, it also needs jquery.calendars library for the hijri calendar picker. This module is currently tested with version 1.1.4 of the plugin available here: http://keith-wood.name/zip/jquery.calendars.package-1.1.4.zip
However, it should work with updated versions listed at the plugin download page. Please raise an issue if you face any problems with any other version.

Known problems

The module works fine but currently produces a variety of warnings and notices. I intend to resolve all of them before a stable release.

Help wanted!

This module is currently in use on a production site but help make this better by testing on more. Please create an issue and if you also provide a patch, fixes can go in much quicker.

Similar projects and how they are different

• Hijri: Hijri module provides support for hijri dates in a very different manner. Support for hijri dates needs to be enabled per content type and node creation and updated times are then shown in hijri for the selected node types. This module does not work with fields. Taarikh and Hijri modules can be used together as they currently serve different needs.
• Calendar Systems: Calendar Systems module changes the calendar system for the entire site. This is primarily intended for multilingual sites with support for single language site as well. I don't believe there is support for arbitary date fields.

Restrictions

While basic views integration is provided by the date_views module (part of date module). Support for using hijri dates in views filter is in works.