4 files changed, 145 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/date.ml b/lib/kernel/date.ml
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index 0000000..525b35b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/kernel/date.ml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+type weekday = Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat
+
+(* Internal representation: rata die = days since 1970-01-01 (proleptic
+   Gregorian). Howard Hinnant's civil<->days algorithm; OCaml's `/` truncates
+   toward zero, which the negative-branch adjustments account for. *)
+type t = int
+
+let days_from_civil y m d =
+  let y = if m <= 2 then y - 1 else y in
+  let era = (if y >= 0 then y else y - 399) / 400 in
+  let yoe = y - (era * 400) in
+  let doy = ((153 * (if m > 2 then m - 3 else m + 9)) + 2) / 5 + (d - 1) in
+  let doe = (yoe * 365) + (yoe / 4) - (yoe / 100) + doy in
+  (era * 146097) + doe - 719468
+
+let civil_from_days z =
+  let z = z + 719468 in
+  let era = (if z >= 0 then z else z - 146096) / 146097 in
+  let doe = z - (era * 146097) in
+  let yoe = (doe - (doe / 1460) + (doe / 36524) - (doe / 146096)) / 365 in
+  let y = yoe + (era * 400) in
+  let doy = doe - ((365 * yoe) + (yoe / 4) - (yoe / 100)) in
+  let mp = ((5 * doy) + 2) / 153 in
+  let d = doy - (((153 * mp) + 2) / 5) + 1 in
+  let m = if mp < 10 then mp + 3 else mp - 9 in
+  ((if m <= 2 then y + 1 else y), m, d)
+
+let year t = let y, _, _ = civil_from_days t in y
+let month t = let _, m, _ = civil_from_days t in m
+let day t = let _, _, d = civil_from_days t in d
+
+let is_leap y = (y mod 4 = 0 && y mod 100 <> 0) || y mod 400 = 0
+
+let days_in_month y m =
+  match m with
+  | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 -> 31
+  | 4 | 6 | 9 | 11 -> 30
+  | 2 -> if is_leap y then 29 else 28
+  | _ -> 0
+
+let make ~year ~month ~day =
+  if year < 1583 || year > 9999 then
+    Error (Printf.sprintf "year %d out of range 1583..9999" year)
+  else if month < 1 || month > 12 then
+    Error (Printf.sprintf "month %d out of range 1..12" month)
+  else if day < 1 || day > days_in_month year month then
+    Error (Printf.sprintf "day %d out of range for %04d-%02d" day year month)
+  else Ok (days_from_civil year month day)
+
+let to_rata t = t
+let of_rata z = z
+let add_days t n = t + n
+let compare = Int.compare
+
+let weekday t =
+  (* rata 0 = 1970-01-01 = Thursday (index 4 with Sun=0). *)
+  let w = (((t + 4) mod 7) + 7) mod 7 in
+  [| Sun; Mon; Tue; Wed; Thu; Fri; Sat |].(w)
diff --git a/lib/kernel/date.mli b/lib/kernel/date.mli
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index 0000000..b684d61
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+++ b/lib/kernel/date.mli
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+(** Proleptic Gregorian calendar dates over the supported domain 1583..9999.
+    [t] is opaque; the internal representation is a day-count (rata die) so
+    arithmetic and comparison are total and cheap. *)
+
+type t
+type weekday = Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat
+
+(** [make ~year ~month ~day] validates the date; rejects a month/day out of
+    range and any year outside 1583..9999. *)
+val make : year:int -> month:int -> day:int -> (t, string) result
+
+val year : t -> int
+val month : t -> int
+val day : t -> int
+val weekday : t -> weekday
+
+(** [to_rata]/[of_rata] expose the underlying day-count (days since 1970-01-01);
+    [of_rata] and [add_days] are unbounded total arithmetic (they may denote a
+    year outside 1583..9999 — only [make] enforces the domain). *)
+val to_rata : t -> int
+val of_rata : int -> t
+val add_days : t -> int -> t
+val compare : t -> t -> int
diff --git a/test/test_colitur.ml b/test/test_colitur.ml
index 7fc5239..734257c 100644
--- a/test/test_colitur.ml
+++ b/test/test_colitur.ml
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
-(* Aggregating test runner. Per-module suites (Test_date, Test_computus) are added
-   in Tasks 1-2; for now the scaffold proves the harness builds and runs. *)
-let () =
-  Alcotest.run "colitur"
-    [ ("scaffold", [ Alcotest.test_case "harness builds" `Quick (fun () -> ()) ]) ]
+(* Aggregating test runner. Per-module suites live in test_<module>.ml. *)
+let () = Alcotest.run "colitur" [ Test_date.suite ]
diff --git a/test/test_date.ml b/test/test_date.ml
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index 0000000..2458659
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+++ b/test/test_date.ml
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+module D = Colitur_kernel.Date
+
+let mk y m d =
+  match D.make ~year:y ~month:m ~day:d with
+  | Ok t -> t
+  | Error e -> Alcotest.failf "make %04d-%02d-%02d: %s" y m d e
+
+let wd_str = function
+  | D.Sun -> "Sun" | D.Mon -> "Mon" | D.Tue -> "Tue" | D.Wed -> "Wed"
+  | D.Thu -> "Thu" | D.Fri -> "Fri" | D.Sat -> "Sat"
+
+let ymd d = (D.year d, D.month d, D.day d)
+
+let test_weekday () =
+  Alcotest.(check string) "1970-01-01 is Thursday" "Thu" (wd_str (D.weekday (mk 1970 1 1)));
+  Alcotest.(check string) "2026-07-31 is Friday" "Fri" (wd_str (D.weekday (mk 2026 7 31)))
+
+let test_roundtrip () =
+  let d = mk 2026 7 31 in
+  Alcotest.(check int) "of_rata(to_rata d) = d" 0 (D.compare (D.of_rata (D.to_rata d)) d)
+
+let test_add_days () =
+  Alcotest.(check (triple int int int)) "2024-02-28 +1 = 2024-02-29"
+    (2024, 2, 29) (ymd (D.add_days (mk 2024 2 28) 1));
+  Alcotest.(check (triple int int int)) "2023-02-28 +1 = 2023-03-01"
+    (2023, 3, 1) (ymd (D.add_days (mk 2023 2 28) 1))
+
+let test_make_reject () =
+  Alcotest.(check bool) "reject 2026-02-30" true (Result.is_error (D.make ~year:2026 ~month:2 ~day:30));
+  Alcotest.(check bool) "reject year 1000" true (Result.is_error (D.make ~year:1000 ~month:1 ~day:1))
+
+(* ---- properties (year-independent, the confidence-to-9999 core) ---- *)
+
+let arb_date =
+  let open QCheck in
+  map
+    (fun (y, off) ->
+      let jan1 = match D.make ~year:y ~month:1 ~day:1 with Ok t -> t | Error e -> failwith e in
+      D.of_rata (D.to_rata jan1 + off))
+    (pair (int_range 1583 9999) (int_range 0 364))
+
+let prop_roundtrip =
+  QCheck.Test.make ~name:"of_rata . to_rata = id" arb_date
+    (fun d -> D.compare (D.of_rata (D.to_rata d)) d = 0)
+
+let prop_add_inverse =
+  QCheck.Test.make ~name:"add_days n then -n = id"
+    QCheck.(pair arb_date (int_range (-4000) 4000))
+    (fun (d, n) -> D.compare (D.add_days (D.add_days d n) (-n)) d = 0)
+
+let prop_weekday_cycle =
+  QCheck.Test.make ~name:"weekday(add_days d 7) = weekday d" arb_date
+    (fun d -> D.weekday (D.add_days d 7) = D.weekday d)
+
+let suite =
+  ( "Date",
+    [ Alcotest.test_case "weekday" `Quick test_weekday;
+      Alcotest.test_case "roundtrip" `Quick test_roundtrip;
+      Alcotest.test_case "add_days boundaries" `Quick test_add_days;
+      Alcotest.test_case "make rejects invalid" `Quick test_make_reject ]
+    @ List.map QCheck_alcotest.to_alcotest
+        [ prop_roundtrip; prop_add_inverse; prop_weekday_cycle ] )