'PataCal: a perpetual pataphysical calendar for the Palm

Purposes

'PataCal provides the current date in the pataphysical calendar. It also allows you to choose the date (in the vulgar calendar) that will be displayed.
'PataCal comes in two versions:

patacal.prc
is the minimal application displaying the date
patacalc.prc
also displays the saints (beware some can shock some people). It is only usefull for those who read french. It provides in addition a date chooser in the pataphysical calendar
They all share the same identifiers and data structures so it is possible to switch from one to another.

Screen gallery

Copyright and legal notice

The software "'Patacal" described by and downloadable from this web page, hereafter named "the software", is Copyright (C) 2000-2001, Jérôme Euzenat.

The software can be downloaded, executed, copied, modified, free of charge under the express condition that this legal notice remains with it and that all the copyright statements remains clearly visible.

All express warranties and all implied warranties, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, of the software are disclaimed by the author.

The software is meant to be used by computer professionals able to evaluate the risks faced. The author is not liable for any damage whatsoever, direct or indirect, resulting from the use, reuse or performance of this software or its modified versions.

By using the software, the user agrees to be bound by the terms of this notice. The author reserves the right to revise these terms at any time without notice by modifying the content of the present legal notice.

All company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners and are gracefully acknowledged.

Download current version

ConfigSize (ko)
patacal.prc4
patacalc.prc17
Sources?

The previous versions can be downloaded from the history section, they are available in source format with all different prc included.

About 'Pataphysics and its calendar

'Pataphysics...

'Patacal is based on the fourth edition of the perpetual calendar.

Origin: The pataphysical era starts on september 8th, 1873 (1 absolu 1).
Revolution: The pataphysical calendar is made of 13 months of 29 days each. Of these days, the 29th are imaginary days (hunyadis) but the 29th of gidouille and that of gueules in leap years. So the pataphysical years is of 365 (13x28+1) days long (366 on leap years).
Peculiarity: all 13th days are fridays.

Identifier

'PataCal is registred with Palm under the PtCl creator identifier.

Price

'PataCal is freeware. If you like it, drop me a mail.

Bug notification

You can notify bugs and comments to freeee@free.fr. Please, for bug reports, provide the kind of machines, extensions (memory...), OS version and revision, hacks and circumstances (available memory).

Known bug: 30th and 31th of december with wrong day.

Compatibility

'Patacal should work on PalmOS 2.0 and above. It has been reported to work on:
MachineOSLanguageHacks
PilotPro+2Mo3.3USno
PilotPro2.0.4FRno

History

VersionComments
0.3.0
11/01/2001
  • Improved copy
  • Added saints
0.2.0
18/12/2000
Working A propos...
0.1.0
18/12/2000
Initial working version

Todo list

Software

'Patacal has been compiled on Linux (RedHat 6.2) with:


http://freeee.free.fr/patacal/

Updated by Jerome.Euzenat@free.fr on 10/01/2001