CiviCRM Community Forums (archive)

I am trying to add 2 calculated output fields on the "View Contact" screen for an individual. For the first calculated output field, I need date of birth and a custom field that I already defined ( called "birth before sunset" For the second calculated field, I need date of death and a custom field ( called "death before sunset" )

Based on the inputs, I will calculate the dates in the Hebrew calendar and display it on the page. 

What files do I need to update?

Thanks,
Sarah

I have the feature added, but in a very simplistic way. I have attached a screen shot. Notice it displays the Hebrew birth date and if the person is deceased, then it shows the Hebrew date of death.     I would like to make this feature more robust. I need  a Administrative setting ( under Administer CiviCRM -> Global Settings -> Date Settings) that could be used to turn on support for Hebrew dates.   How do I create a new admin setting?  Hopefully this feature can be made part of a future release of CiviCRM as many Jewish and Israeli organizations would use this feature.    I will do the coding to get this feature to be complete.   Currently I am relying on custom fields to store the extra date info ( ie "before sunset" )  I would like to have a standard place to store the date info: what would be a better place to put it? Should I create a new table such as "civicrm_dates_extended"?   For each date I need the "before sunset" flag and the time zone.   

Hopefully this feature can be done in a way that can accommodate other non-Western calendars in the future.