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 18:20:09 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3AAED548.ECCE02CA@acm.org> From: Jeffrey Carter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: calander package References: <98jo6d$vu4$1@slb3.atl.mindspring.net> <98lis0$56j$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <%%tr6.2979$54.3285@www.newsranger.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 02:19:55 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.178.187.192 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 984536395 63.178.187.192 (Tue, 13 Mar 2001 18:19:55 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 18:19:55 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:5707 Date: 2001-03-14T02:19:55+00:00 List-Id: 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 "I blow my nose on you." Monty Python & the Holy Grail