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eras.ts

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1// Era matching: which eras cover a given date.
2
3import type { Era, HistoricalDate } from '../types';
4import { gregorianToJulianDay, parseGregorianDate } from './julianDay';
5
6/**
7 * All eras whose date range covers `date`, using the half-open interval
8 * [start, end): a null start is the open past, a null end is the open present.
9 *
10 * Eras MAY overlap in time (parallel calendars coexisting at the same place and
11 * time), so this returns every match, not the first one (see plan.md, Q4).
12 */
13export function findEras(date: HistoricalDate, eras: Era[]): Era[] {
14 const t = gregorianToJulianDay(date);
15 return eras.filter((era) => {
16 const afterStart = era.start === null || gregorianToJulianDay(parseGregorianDate(era.start)) <= t;
17 const beforeEnd = era.end === null || t < gregorianToJulianDay(parseGregorianDate(era.end));
18 return afterStart && beforeEnd;
19 });
20}