diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4951d00..651fee5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -6,9 +6,8 @@ Copyright (c) Miletus, Louis-Aimé de Fouquières, 2017 MIT licence applies MAC OS users: -1. You will have to insert manually (not with "import") the modules. -1. Works possibly only on the latest versions of Excel (those which handle VBA). -1. Check date conversion starting from 1904. It might work from 2 January 1904 only. +1. This package only works on versions of Excel that handle VBA, i.e. from 2013 on. +1. Check date conversion starting from 1904 if you use this epoch. Package might work from 2 January 1904 only. ## Installation 1. Create a new Excel file, save as "Excel file with macros". @@ -24,13 +23,13 @@ MAC OS users: * Hit "insert function" near the input bar. * Choose "custom" - you can see the functions. * If you choose one function, the parameter list appear (sorry, no help in this version). -* Functions are sensitive to "1904 Calendar" (by default on MacOS) +* Functions are sensitive to "1904 Calendar" (by default on MacOS in old versions of Excel) ## MilesianCalendar Compute a system date with Milesian date elements, or retrieve Milesian date elements from a system date. -### MILESIAN_IS_LONG_YEAR (Y) +### MILESIAN_IS_LONG_YEAR (Year) Boolean, whether the year is long (366 days) or not. -* Y, the year in question. +* Year, the year in question. A long Milesian year is just before a leap year, e.g. 2015 is a long year because 2016 is a leap year. With the Milesian calendar, a proposed rule is this: @@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ years -4001, -801, 2399, 5599 etc. are *not* long. Elsewise the Gregorian rules e.g. 1899 is *not* long whereas 1999 is. Remember that by mistake, dates 1/1/1900 to 29/2/1900 are wrong under Microsoft Windows. -### MILESIAN_YEAR_BASE (Y) +### MILESIAN_YEAR_BASE (Year) Date of the day before the 1 1m of year Y, i.e. the "doomsday". ### Other functions of this module