On 27 Jan 2019, at 17:30, Wolfgang Schuster
mailto:wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com> wrote: […] 1. You don’t have to remake the format for patches in cont-new.mkiv because the file is loaded at runtime.
2. The patch works and I get “2019 januari 27” with your example.
Hi Wolfgang, Thanks for the clarification about cont-new.mkiv. The corrected cont-new.mkiv begins with \unprotect \def\syst_converters_check_date {\edef\temp{\systemparameter\c!d}\scratchcounterone \ifx\temp\empty\normalday \else\temp\fi \edef\temp{\systemparameter\c!m}\scratchcountertwo \ifx\temp\empty\normalmonth\else\temp\fi \edef\temp{\systemparameter\c!y}\scratchcounterthree\ifx\temp\empty\normalyear \else\temp\fi} \writestatus\m!system{beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.mkiv} However I still get the wrong date with the example I sent, and Fabrice's example with \mainlanguage[fr], as well as with \mainlanguage[nl], gives an incorrect result (even though the result is correct with \mainlanguage[en]). Best regards: OK