Comments on: How to Use the Zmanim API

By: KosherJava

KosherJava — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Anonymous, The base class of the Calendar classes in the Zmanim API, the AstronomicalCalendar has a method getTimeOffset(Date time, double offset) that does exactly what you are looking for. The API uses it internally to calculate times such as the 72 minute zman. Please see the Elevation Now Only Impacts Sunrise and Sunset Calculations in the Zmanim API post to understand why sea level sunrise and sunset should be used. The example below shows how to calculate alos as 72 minute before sunrise, and tzais as 72 minutes after sunset. [java] String locationName = "Lakewood, NJ"; double latitude = 40.096; //Lakewood, NJ double longitude = -74.222; //Lakewood, NJ double elevation = 0; //optional elevation TimeZone timeZone = TimeZone.getTimeZone("America/New_York"); GeoLocation location = new GeoLocation(locationName, latitude, longitude, elevation, timeZone); //Use any of the API's Calendar classes //AstronomicalCalendar zCal = new ComplexZmanimCalendar(location); //ZmanimCalendar zCal = new ComplexZmanimCalendar(location); ComplexZmanimCalendar zCal = new ComplexZmanimCalendar(location); //Return the time 72 minutes before sunrise Date alos = zCal.getTimeOffset(getSeaLevelSunrise(), -72 * MINUTE_MILLIS); //Return the time 72 minutes after sunset Date tzais = zCal.getTimeOffset(getSeaLevelSunset(), 72 * MINUTE_MILLIS); [/java]

By: anonymus

anonymus — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Is there a way to calculate times based on minutes, something like getTimeOffsetByMinutes(int minute);

By: Rabbies’ Yartait for Android - KosherDev

Rabbies’ Yartait for Android - KosherDev — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

[...] to make me something different. Then thanks go to Eliyohu Hershfeld, which developed a wonderfull Java API for detecting zmanim Also I found very good code, which converts current date to Jewish one, by Zvi [...]

By: KosherJava

KosherJava — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Mordekhai, Moishe Beshkin (see his KosherDev blog) wrote the Wordpress Zmanim Widget plugin that does what you are looking for. Since your site does not appear to be a Wordpress site, I suggest that you contact him to see if there is a way his code can be used in a non-WordPress PHP page.

By: mordekhai

mordekhai — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

shalom
i would like to get the PHP lignes to obtain a block with shabbat parcha and zmanim candles for paris france
i want them please !!! READY to copy and past because i am not prgrammer
see my website http://www.rungiscacher.com

kol tuv

By: KosherJava

KosherJava — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

A more up to date zmanim clock is now available. It is of pre-alpha quality.

By: KosherJava

KosherJava — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Michael, At the suggestion of Dr. Irv Bromberg I started the process of modifying a visual clock that shows zmanim. It is very rough at this point, but can be seen at the alpha quality Zmanim Clock page. There are many clocks cluttering this test page, all using slightly different configurations. Clicking on the clock will bring up an actual list of zmanim. I will see if I can find time to update the code.

By: KosherJava

KosherJava — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Jack, you seem to be requesting a REST style Web Service. This is very simple using the Zmanim API, since the toString method returns an XML representation of the calendar including any zmanim that you might need. All you need is a Java Servlet that would return data from the API.

By: Michael Kopinsky

Michael Kopinsky — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Is there a zmanim Java applet available? I would like something that I can place on my desktop as an Active Desktop item. Such things are available for candlelighting times (for example, see http://www.torahtots.com/timecapsule/cities/philadelphia.htm), but I have not found anything for zmanim, and I don’t have the applet programming skills to make it myself.

Thanks,
Michael

By: jack boe

jack boe — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Is there a way to incorporate this by using an httprequest from an asp page. Like an xml page, where I would send the variables and get a response with the correct candle lighting time?

thanks