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Re:The Wi Flag -Turns out some players in Asheron's Call wer... by Aloisius on Friday February 10, 2023 @01:45PM (#34743886)
I must be missing something. That is how modulo works. Well as long as January is month 0.
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Re:The Wi Flag -Turns out some players in Asheron's Call wer... by SoftAnnaLee on Friday February 10, 2023 @02:10PM (#34744225)
It seems that the issue is that `January === 1`; so when you get to December (i.e. `12`) it rolls over to 0 rather than remaining as 12.
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Re:The Wi Flag -Turns out some players in Asheron's Call wer... by thaumasiotes on Friday February 10, 2023 @07:46PM (#34748222)
You want (current_month % 12) + 1.
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