Based on sec-deadlines by @bogdan-kulynych which is based on ai-deadlines by @abhshkdz
- Read the data format description below. Note that the timezone format sign is inverted (e.g., UTC+7 is written as
Etc/GMT-7). It's not a bug. I hate this format too. I'd be happy to move to a different timezone JavaScript library that uses a friendlier format, but I don't have time for that. - Update
_data/conferences.yml. You can do that on Github or locally after forking the repo. - Send a pull request
Example record:
- name: ICSE
description: International Conference on Software Engineering
year: 2021
link: https://conf.researchr.org/home/icse-2021
deadline: "2020-10-18 23:59"
date: May 22–25
place: Madrid ES
tags: [SE]
Descriptions of the fields:
| Field name | Description |
|---|---|
name* |
Short conference name, without year |
description |
Description, or long name |
year* |
Year the conference is happening |
link* |
URL to the conference home page |
deadline* |
Deadline, or list of deadlines. "TBA" if not announced. (details below) |
timezone |
Timezone in tz format. By default is UTC-12 (AoE) |
comment |
Additional info on the deadline, e.g. a separate Abstract deadline |
date |
When the conference is happening |
place |
Where the conference is happening |
tags |
One or multiple tags: SE, TEST, SEC, PRIV, or AUTO |
Fields marked with asterisk (*) are required.
The deadline field can contain:
- The simplest option: a date and time in ISO format. Example:
"2017-08-19 23:59". - If a deadline is rolling, you can use a template date, just substitute the year with
%y. Example:"%y-04-15 23:59"means there is a deadline on the 15th of April every year. - A list of (1) or (2). Example of two rolling deadlines, with one in the end of May every year, and the second in the end of February:
- "%y-05-31 23:59"
- "%y-02-28 23:59"
On the page, all deadlines are displayed in viewer's local time (that's a feature).
Note: If the deadline hour is {h}:00, it will be automatically translated into {h-1}:59:59 to avoid pain and confusion when it happens to be midnight in local time.
The timezone is specified in tz format. Unlike abbreviations (e.g. EST), these are un-ambiguous. Here are tz codes for some common timezones:
| Common name | tz |
|---|---|
| UTC | Etc/UTC |
| America Pacific Time | America/Los_Angeles |
| Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8) | Etc/GMT+8 (Yes, the sign is inverted for some weird reason) |
| America Eastern Time | America/New_York |
| Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5) | Etc/GMT+5 |
| American Samoa Time (UTC-11) | Pacific/Samoa or Etc/GMT+11. This timezone does not use DST. |
| Aleutian Islands | America/Adak |