Bimonthly and Bimensual TimeSet definition

[Alfredo Torre]

Hi everybody,
I want to talk about the definition of two TimeSet made in _constant.tol file included at _initlibrary.tol:

.- Bimensual: spanish word for something made or something that occurs twice a month (spanish definition: Que se hace u ocurre dos veces al mes). And TOL's definition is D(1)*(M(1)+M(3)+M(5)+M(7)+M(9)+M(11)) and that is not the same.

I think this could be the right definition in TOL:

TimeSet Bimensual = D(1) + D(15);
TimeSet Bimestral = D(1)*(M(1)+M(3)+M(5)+M(7)+M(9)+M(11));

.- Bimonthly: this english word can de used for both spanish meanings (Bimensual, Bimestral) as we can see in these links:
​http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=bimonthly
​http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=bi%2Dmonthly

I think this could be one definition in TOL:

TimeSet Bimonthly = D(1)*(M(1)+M(3)+M(5)+M(7)+M(9)+M(11));
TimeSet Semimonthly = D(1) + D(15);

​http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/semimonthly

Hope this help.

Thanks,
Alfredo Torre

[danirus]

* Bug 495 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *

[danirus]

* Bug 494 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *

[Víctor de Buen Remiro]

Hi

It is a good detailing but the problem is the compatibility backwards, that is to say, what takes control of the code that is using Bimensual with the sense “every two months”.

It would be necessary to investigate first if it is being used or not and then, replacing it by Bimonthly where it be used.

Thanks to report

[Alfredo Torre]

Anyway, both Bimestral and Semimonthly TimeSet can be added in _constant.tol.

[Víctor de Buen Remiro]

I'm full agree to add

TimeSet Bimestral = D(1)*(M(1)+M(3)+M(5)+M(7)+M(9)+M(11));

but currently exist these two time sets

TimeSet Quincenal = D(1)+D(16);
TimeSet Fornigthly = D(1)+D(16);

that covers something like

TimeSet Semimonthly = D(1) + D(15);

I don't know of none social process that occurs in any of these two close periodicities. Perhaps this definition is a better aproximation of central day of month

TimeSet Semimonthly = D(1) + ( D(15)*M(2) + D(16)*(C-M(2)) );

What do you think about it?

[Alfredo Torre]

I did not remember Quincenal or Fornigthly!

I prefer your new definition of Semimonthly. I don't know if there is going to be someone who will need to use it but it's definitely better.

Thanks

[Víctor de Buen Remiro]

Well, then I'm going to add time sets Semimonthly, Semimensual, and Bimestral, and also a commentary about Bimensual:

TimeSet Semimensual = D(1) + ( D(15)*M(2) + D(16)*(C-M(2)) );
TimeSet Bimestral = D(1)*(M(1)+M(3)+M(5)+M(7)+M(9)+M(11));

VBR: Se mantiene por compatibilidad hacia atrás pero no es el significado
correcto en castellano pues en realidad sería equivalente a Semimensual
y no a bimestral (ver ​http://bugs.tol-project.org/show_bug.cgi?id=493)
TimeSet Bimensual = D(1)*(M(1)+M(3)+M(5)+M(7)+M(9)+M(11));

Thanks to report it