Re: Military <-> Standard times

At 12:35 AM +0100 1/22/09, Jochem Maas wrote:

tedd schreef:

Hey, you called me "schreef" and that means "an end of a stroke"

(Arrggg, that has all sorts of meanings). :-)

which translation service came up with that?? it is funny though :-)

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schreef ----------

I'm into pointless stuff -- I'm symmetrically challenged. I don't like

doing anything that can't be undone.

and how many kids do you have :-P

LOL -- but kids shouldn't be undone. ----------

since I left Windows I find it works against me less.

I teach at the local college where they use windows (Vista) and that's the closest I want to come to it. I've always been with Apple (1977 to today). ---------

Besides, oddly enough I can understand

    return $t;

better than

    return strftime('%R', strtotime($t));

now that's plain weird. is it because '$t' vaguely resembles a rock[tm]?

No, it's because I have some old habits. I don't like one line functions. All *my* functions should have enough substance in them for me to understand what they are doing. If I'm going to use a one line function, then why not make it one line and not a function? I use $t for time stuff, $d for date and so on, but one character variables are usually one-time variables. Similarly I use $i, $j, $k for counters -- a remnant from my FORTRAN days. When I need a temporary nondescript variable (intermediate calculation), I use $a, $b, $c, and so on. For more consistent variables I try to be semantic with underscores ($last_name) and camel-case for functions (militaryToStandardTime() ). It's just a set of old habits that I've applied to various languages. -------

PPS - I have a little rock with the words "the ball is round" carved into it? not your work by any chance?

No, mine had only "1" or "0" carved into it -- we called that documentation back then. Cheers, tedd -- ------- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com