General ⇒ Questions about Moderntimeline in moderncv \tldatelabelcventryn

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What is the unit of xxx?

\tldatelabelcventryn[east][cyan!60!black]{2016.xxx}{xxx}{Test}{Test}{}{}{}

Is it right, that the 1.1.2016 is 2016.0 and the 31.06.2016 is 2016.5 ? 2016.5 is the same than 2016.500?

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{moderncv}
\moderncvtheme[green]{classic}                  
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}                  
\usepackage{floatflt}
\usepackage{fancyhdr} 
\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{a4paper,left=2cm,right=1cm, top=2cm, bottom=1.5cm,headheight=21pt} 
\usepackage{tikz} 
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{lipsum} 
\usepackage{xparse}
\usepackage[firstyear=2016,lastyear=2017]{moderntimeline}


% for timeline

\makeatletter
\pgfmathsetmacro\tl@textstartabove{\tl@width-2pt}
\NewDocumentCommand\tldatelabelcventryn{O{center}O{color1}mmmmmmm}{%
\pgfmathsetmacro\tl@endyear{\tl@lastyear}%
\pgfmathsetmacro\tl@startfraction{(#3-\tl@firstyear)/(\tl@lastyear-\tl@firstyear)}%
\pgfmathsetmacro\tl@endfraction{(\tl@endyear-\tl@firstyear)/(\tl@lastyear-\tl@firstyear)}%
 \cventry{\tikz[baseline]{%
     \useasboundingbox (0,-1.5ex) rectangle (\hintscolumnwidth,1ex);
     \fill [\tl@runningcolor] (0,0)
        rectangle (\hintscolumnwidth,\tl@runningwidth);
     \fill [#2] (0,0)
        ++(\tl@startfraction*\hintscolumnwidth,0pt)
        node [tl@startyear,yshift=5pt,anchor=#1] {#4}
        node {$\bullet$};
   }
}
{#5}{#6}{#7}{#8}{#9}
}
\newcommand\tllabelcventryn[9][color1]{%
  \gdef\Argi{#1}%
  \gdef\Argii{#2}%
  \gdef\Argiii{#3}%
  \gdef\Argiv{#4}%
  \gdef\Argv{#5}%
  \gdef\Argvi{#6}%
  \gdef\Argvii{#7}%
  \gdef\Argviii{#8}%
  \gdef\Argix{#9}%
  \auxtllabelcventryn
}
\def\auxtllabelcventryn#1{%
  \gdef\Argx{#1}%
\pgfmathsetmacro\tl@endyear{ifthenelse(\Argiii==0,\tl@lastyear,\Argiii)}
\pgfmathsetmacro\tl@startfraction{(\Argii-\tl@firstyear)/(\tl@lastyear-\tl@firstyear)}%
\pgfmathsetmacro\tl@endfraction{(\tl@endyear-\tl@firstyear)/(\tl@lastyear-\tl@firstyear)}%
 \cventry{\tikz[baseline=0pt]{
     \fill [\tl@runningcolor] (0,0)
        rectangle (\hintscolumnwidth,\tl@runningwidth);
     \useasboundingbox (0,-1.5ex)
        rectangle (\hintscolumnwidth,1ex);
     \fill [\Argi] (0,0)
        ++(\tl@startfraction*\hintscolumnwidth,0pt)
        node [tl@startyear,anchor=north east] {\Argiv} node [tl@startyear,above] {\Argv}
        rectangle (\tl@endfraction*\hintscolumnwidth,\tl@width-1pt);
     \pgfmathsetlength{\pgf@xa}{\Argiii} \ifdim\pgf@xa=0pt
        \shade [left color=\Argi] (\tl@startfraction*\hintscolumnwidth,0)
            rectangle (\tl@endfraction*\hintscolumnwidth,\tl@width);
     \else
        \fill [\Argi] (\tl@startfraction*\hintscolumnwidth,0)
            rectangle (\tl@endfraction*\hintscolumnwidth,\tl@width);
     \fi
     }
}
{\Argvi}{\Argvii}{\Argviii}{\Argix}{\Argx}%
}
\makeatother
%
\tltextstart[north]{\scriptsize}
\tltextend[south]{\scriptsize}

%
\firstname{C}
\familyname{N}
\title{Curriculum vit\ae{}}              
\address{}{}  

\begin{document}

\makecvtitle
born on .... in xxxxx

\tldatelabelcventryn[east][cyan!60!black]{2016.0}{0}{Test}{Test}{}{}{}
\tldatelabelcventryn[east][cyan!60!black]{2016.5}{5}{Test}{Test}{}{}{}
\tldatelabelcventryn[east][cyan!60!black]{2016.50}{50}{Test}{Test}{}{}{}
\tldatelabelcventryn[east][cyan!60!black]{2016.549}{549}{Test}{Test}{}{}{}
\tldatelabelcventryn[east][cyan!60!black]{2016.550}{550}{Test}{Test}{}{}{}
\tldatelabelcventryn[east][cyan!60!black]{2016.599}{599}{Test}{Test}{}{}{}
\tldatelabelcventryn[east][cyan!60!black]{2016.999}{999}{Test}{Test}{}{}{}
\tldatelabelcventryn[east][cyan!60!black]{2017.0}{0}{Test}{Test}{}{}{}


\end{document}

See also
https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions ... elcventryn

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Thank you for the link to the cross-post! That makes it easy to follow possible already existing answers, great!

So, there is not really a unit. You can state a year, and then that timeline shows that year's position on the line like on a progress bar.

The code calculates a fraction by (#3-\tl@firstyear)/(\tl@lastyear-\tl@firstyear), where #3 is the year you provide, and multiplies the fraction with the whole progress bar width.

See this example, that makes it more clear:

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\usepackage[firstyear=2007,lastyear=2017]{moderntimeline}
...
\makecvtitle
The time lines start at 2007 and end at 2017.
\bigskip

\tldatelabelcventryn[east][cyan!60!black]{2007}{Jan 2007}{First job}{Trainee}{}{}{}
\tldatelabelcventryn[east][cyan!60!black]{2010}{2010}{Employment}{Yay}{}{}{}
\tldatelabelcventryn[east][cyan!60!black]{2012}{2012}{Promotion}{Yippie}{}{}{}
\tldatelabelcventryn[east][cyan!60!black]{2017}{Dec 2017}{Freelancer}{More money}{}{}{}

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Stefan