General ⇒ KOMA-Script, scrdate | Warnings regarding Date Definitions

[j_kubik]

Why while compiling following code:

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{scrbook}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}

\usepackage{ngerman}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}

\usepackage{scrdate}

\begin{document}
\end{document}

, which is as simple as it gets, using MikTeX 2.9 pdflatex, produces following warnings:

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Package scrdate Warning: \dategerman not defined.
(scrdate)                \todaysnamemaybe can't use \dayname@german!.


Package scrdate Warning: \dateitalian not defined.
(scrdate)                \todaysnamemaybe can't use \dayname@italian!.


Package scrdate Warning: \datespanish not defined.
(scrdate)                \todaysnamemaybe can't use \dayname@spanish!.


Package scrdate Warning: \datecroatian not defined.
(scrdate)                \todaysnamemaybe can't use \dayname@croatian!.


Package scrdate Warning: \datedutch not defined.
(scrdate)                \todaysnamemaybe can't use \dayname@dutch!.


Package scrdate Warning: \datefinnish not defined.
(scrdate)                \todaysnamemaybe can't use \dayname@finnish!.


Package scrdate Warning: \datenorsk not defined.
(scrdate)                \todaysnamemaybe can't use \dayname@norsk!.


Package scrdate Warning: \datedanish not defined.
(scrdate)                \todaysnamemaybe can't use \dayname@danish!.


Package scrdate Warning: \dateswedish not defined.
(scrdate)                \todaysnamemaybe can't use \dayname@swedish!.

Why is it trying to look for data for languages that I am not intending to use? Is it a bug, or am I doing something wrong?

Perhaps it was already asked here, but I couldn't find it - in such case just point me there

[cgnieder]

Better late than never: these messages don't really mean anything. Well, not true, they mean something but nothing to worry about. »scrdate« defines the weekday names for several languages via

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\newdaylanguage{<lang>}{<mon>}{<tue>}{<wed>}{<thu>}{<fri>}{<sat>}{<sun>}

Every of these definitions that is not loaded by the user issues this warning. The following code hence will issue an additional warning:

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{scrbook}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}

\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}

\usepackage{scrdate}
\newdaylanguage{latvian}{a}{b}{c}{d}{e}{f}{g}
\begin{document}
\end{document}

This is imho a design flaw in the package but not a troubling one. Better there are more information than less...

Regards