From: Gautier <gautier.demontmollin@maths.unine.ch>
Subject: Re: Ada Calendar oddity <was Re: C date package>
Date: 2000/05/11
Date: 2000-05-11T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <391AD9DE.778D13EB@maths.unine.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 391AB866.23686FFB@acenet.com.au
Geoff Bull:
> So when you read a date from the database, what type should you use?
> If you avoid using Ada.Calendar how do you compare the database time
> with the today's date, e.g.?
Simple ;-) : you make a package Long_Calendar with all operators
and also conversions from and to Ada.Calendar. It could use the
Julian date. NB: the problem occurs also with data prior to 1901
- it exists, e.g. for environmental statistics with precise dates !
Check Deja News for a hot debate that happened some year(s) ago on this
topic...
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[not found] <l0313030eb53d1408aee7@[144.205.16.58]>
2000-05-09 0:00 ` C date package Geoff Bull
2000-05-09 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
2000-05-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-10 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
2000-05-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-10 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
2000-05-10 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
2000-05-10 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
2000-05-10 0:00 ` Ada Calendar oddity <was Re: C date package> Preben Randhol
2000-05-10 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
2000-05-11 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-05-11 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
2000-05-12 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-05-12 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
2000-05-11 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
2000-05-11 0:00 ` Gautier [this message]
2000-05-12 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
2000-05-12 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-05-11 0:00 ` Al Christians
2000-05-10 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-05-10 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-05-10 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-05-11 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
2000-05-11 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-05-12 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
2000-05-17 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
2000-05-19 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
2000-05-19 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
2000-05-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
[not found] ` <392869F0.D88F056A@acenet.com.au>
2000-05-22 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
2000-05-27 0:00 ` Reinert Korsnes
2000-05-27 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
2000-06-03 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
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