Re: calander package

[Jeffrey Carter <jrcarter@acm.org>]

Ted Dennison wrote:
> 
> 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.

With the same caveat, I'll mention PragmARC.Date_Handler, part of the
PragmAda Reusable Components. See

http://home.earthlink.net/~jrcarter010/pragmarc.htm

or the mirror at www.adapower.com.

-- 
Jeff Carter
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