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"Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> wrote in message 
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> One obvious point is that you should determine what operations are needed
> that are not provided by the standard. Remember that Ada 2005 includes
> additional date/time operations for time zones, arithmetic, and 
> formatting,
> so it doesn't make much sense to re-invent the wheel in those areas. It 
> also
> expands the range of years upwards.
>
> What's missing there (more advanced time zones, fancy date and time 
> output)
> probably can be built on top of those packages better and quicker than
> starting from scratch.
>
>                       Randy.
>
Indeed, maybe I didn't read the thread correctly, I thought there was no 
"viable calendar" in Ada, at least not at the level of discussion so far. If 
there is, I agree that more advanced time zones, fancy date and time output 
could probably be added like you said :-).