Re: date

Lukas, >>it really sounds like l0t3k is working on something very interesting, >>but if its ze2 only it will not be a path any of us can take soon. i took this route partly because i knew it would take some time for me to do, as well as the fact that managing object in ZE2 is much nicer than ZE1. >>I will look at how java handles this because I guess they probably have >>something fairly useable. I have a pretty good concept for i18n and l10n >>for my framework and only date is missing from that. i guess youre looking at things from a userland implementation (PHP) perspective. ive downloaded and have been studying ICU ( http://www-124.ibm.com/icu/ ) and in fact their date/time/calendar/timezone code forms the basis for my extension. they have done some extensive work on il8n, and i would really like to be able to reuse some of their stuff (they have quite a bit of locale data collected.) if i find some time, ill do this, but i have a full plate already. the good thing is that in contrast to most of the ICU package, the locale related stuff is in C. also the license is very friendly. >> The ideas that wolfram mentioned sound like a good direction. java does this. ICU follows suit. >> To me PEAR:Date looks a >>bit messy atm so I will dig through it some more. In the end I will have >>to see if I rather developer something for my own needs (I actually have >>something in my framework atm which works but is not yet what I want) or >>if extending/fixing PEAR:Date is worth while. let me know what you come up with. the work im doing is progressing nicely, but one issue i mentioned previously is that id like the userland interface to be nice and intuitive, and be in the spirit of PHP's ease of use. this at the same time as separating concerns (storage vs presentation, etc) >>I sort of fear that working on PEAR:Date will either great a very >>bloated class or break BC and piss of the existing users. So something >>new might need to be greated. another reason why i targeted ZE2. i think people will be more recptive to breaking BC with such a milestone release l0t3k Regards, Lukas Smith smith@dybnet.de _______________________________ DybNet Internet Solutions GbR Reuchlinstr. 10-11 Gebäude 4 1.OG Raum 6 (4.1.6) 10553 Berlin Germany Tel. : +49 30 83 22 50 00 Fax : +49 30 83 22 50 07 www.dybnet.de info@dybnet.de