Re: new Date extenstion

On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 12:03:45 +0100 Hartmut Holzgraefe <hartmut@six.de> wrote: > Pierre-Alain Joye wrote: > ext/calendar is about date only, not about time Yes, both are usefull. > but i can't see where it is not cross-platform ... It is. > and if you want to come up with something usefull even for historians > you have to deal with different transition dates from julian to > greorian in addition to time zones and different daylight saving time > switch dates Exactly, that why I posted here so early, to get feedbacks and have good discussions about this kind of problem, or which rules we want apply. > ext/calendar is not perfect, but all the algorithms are in there ... The algorithms are not a real problem, regardless to the calendar type, they are relatively well known. The question is more what we will see in the date/time functions. By the way, I did not say calendar is not a good extension. It is easier to start from scratch instead of trying to add/fix/modify it. I especially think about the localization, texts as well as TZ. Another good point to create something new beside calendar, that will keep BC safe. hth pierre