Duration is in seconds, right?

Duration is in seconds, right?

[Mario Amado Alves]

It is a funny thing I am assuming standard types Duration and Time are in
seconds but I cannot find that one assumption in the ARM.

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Re: Duration is in seconds, right?

[Thierry Lelegard]

> It is a funny thing I am assuming standard types Duration and Time are in
> seconds but I cannot find that one assumption in the ARM.

Duration: (A)RM95 9.6(7)
Time: private type, no unit
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Re: Duration is in seconds, right?

[David C. Hoos, Sr.]

I don't know what you're reading.  Here is RM95 9.6 (7):

7 There is a predefined fixed point type named Duration, declared in the
visible part of package Standard; a value of type Duration is used to
represent the length of an interval of time, expressed in seconds. The type
Duration is not specific to a particular time base, but can be used with any
time base.

So.. it's no assumption -- it's a definition.


"Thierry Lelegard" <thierry.lelegard@canal-plus.fr> wrote in message
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> > It is a funny thing I am assuming standard types Duration and Time are
in
> > seconds but I cannot find that one assumption in the ARM.
>
> Duration: (A)RM95 9.6(7)
> Time: private type, no unit
>
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>
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thierry.lelegard@canal-plus.fr
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> Tel: +33 1 71 71 54 30   Fax: +33 1 71 71 52 08   Mobile: +33 6 03 00 65
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Re: Duration is in seconds, right?

[Mario Amado Alves]

> "... a value of type Duration is used to represent the length of an
> interval of time, expressed in seconds." --RM95 9.6 (7)

So *there* it was! Thanks. (I was at 9.6 but missed--exactly--this part.)

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