Zmanim-WP Shortcodes for Seasonal Hours and Misheyakir
Our 4th look at the common shortcodes found Zmanim-WP, the free WordPress plugin, cover the earliest time tallit and tefillin; and the calculations for a halach
In the latest installment of the Zmanim-WP plugin series, the focus is on two shortcodes: Sha'ah Zmanim and Misheyakir.
Sha'ah Zmanim represents a "seasonal hour," in which daylight is divided into 12 equal parts. This shortcode is unique as it calculates time based on the season and can yield a fractional number of minutes, depending on the date. The result is simply a number that represents the number of clock minutes for a halachic hour on that specific day. Various options are available for calculating Sha'ah Zmanim, each with its own methodology. These options include various degrees of calculation and timeframes.
Misheyakir, on the other hand, signifies the earliest time to put on tallit and tefillin. While it shares some shortcode options with Sha'ah Zmanim, there's an additional option called "timeformat" that allows for PHP formatting codes to specify the time format. Misheyakir is also available in different opinions, similar to Sha'ah Zmanim, but with a much shorter range of available options.
Misheyakir Weekly is a unique shortcode that provides an additional convenience for displaying misheyakir times for the week. It fetches the times from Sunday to Friday for the given week indicated by the date option, allowing for easy display of the times in sequence. The shortcode also offers the option to display the times for the upcoming week using the "next" keyword.
To output a specific day, you can use the "daynum" option, which ranges from 0 (Sunday) to 6 (Saturday). The dateformat option is also crucial for displaying the day of the week in a desired format.
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