From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,6ea0a5c35bbeef5e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-03-13 10:57:09 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!210.147.7.1!newsfeed.mesh.ad.jp!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison Sender: usenet@www.newsranger.com References: <98jo6d$vu4$1@slb3.atl.mindspring.net> <98lis0$56j$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Subject: Re: calander package Message-ID: <%%tr6.2979$54.3285@www.newsranger.com> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 18:52:43 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com X-Trace: www.newsranger.com 984509563 127.0.0.1 (Tue, 13 Mar 2001 13:52:43 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 13:52:43 EST Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:5692 Date: 2001-03-13T18:52:43+00:00 List-Id: In article <98lis0$56j$1@nh.pace.co.uk>, Marin David Condic says... > >If it is homework, it is a pretty trivial assignment. Considering that many >languages come with existing string-formatted dates/times &/or subprograms >to get you there. Its more a matter of "What stuff do I call to get this to >happen" in most cases. Ada's Calendar package probably should have had this >in it somewhere, but its no biggie to roll-your-own. (Unless you want to get >really fancy! :-) > >Seems to me that "arcele" did the hard part in finding Calendar and how to >call things in it. The rest is probably fair game for an inquiry or >"software reuse", even if it is homework. Well, with that caveat, I'll mention that the 2.0 release of the SETI@Home service just happens to have a routine in it that does exactly that (for date/time-stamping log entries). It'd probably be just as easy for most folks to write their own, though. --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com